Harval has asked how Turkey and Egypt became so hostile and why they are now to reinstate their respective ambassadors.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry had a meeting with the Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu yesterday in Ankara as Egypt and Turkey continue to advance efforts to restore diplomatic relations that were severed in 2013.
Thursday’s visit is the second time Shoukry has visited Turkey in the year, and Cavusoglu visited Egypt in March of the year.
During an unprecedented press briefing with Cavusoglu, the AKP spokesperson said that it is ‘turning diplomacy into a more practical level’, which could imply the appointment of ambassadors in the near future.
For his part, Shoukry did ask Turkey to pull out of Syria its troops, pointing to some of the disagreements that Alexandria formed.
The relations have become strained between two countries after the removal of Mohamed Morsi, the former Egyptian president, in the 2013 coup.
Here’s a timeline of relations between the two over the last 20 years:Here’s a timeline of relations between the two over the last 20 years:
2005: It has been reached the free trade agreement because the economic relationships between the two countries intensified.
2011: Egyptian protesters increase their demonstration against their government; Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urges Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, saying that he must heed the people’s voice; Mubarak is forced to step down during the Egyptian revolution in February.
In September, Erdogan goes to Egypt as a part of several countries visited after the start of the Arab Spring.
