Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, on Friday, that Turkey’s relations with Egypt “will develop in a very different way,” adding that “the development of relations will enhance our economic capabilities.”
Erdogan said, in statements he made to reporters on board the plane during his return from a tour that included Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, that he “felt from the leaders of the Gulf countries he visited welcoming Turkey and Egypt’s recent announcement of upgrading their diplomatic relations to the level of ambassadors.”
The Turkish president said that he will visit “Libya, and perhaps a tour that will include some North African countries.”
Regarding the meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which is scheduled to take place in Ankara in late July, Erdogan said: “We will hold our first meeting with Netanyahu, and I hope that this step will be the beginning of a much better phase in Turkish-Israeli relations.”
The Presidency of the Republic of Turkey announced Netanyahu’s visit, and said in a statement: “During the meeting, the bilateral relations between Turkey and Israel in all their dimensions will be reviewed, and the steps to be taken to improve cooperation between the two sides will also be discussed, and views will be exchanged on regional and international issues and bilateral relations.”
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2023-07-22 01:09:29
