Relations between Egypt and Turkey have deteriorated following a coup led by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2013.
Turkey and Egypt have had the first diplomatic talks since they broke the relationship in 2013, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
“We have been in contact at both the intelligence and foreign ministry level with Egypt. Diplomatic ties have begun, ”Turkey-run state news agency Anadolu told Cavusoglu on Friday.
Anadolu also said Cavusoglu was saying that there was a lack of trust as usual at the early stages of the talks, and that neither side put forward pre-orders.
“For this reason, discussions are ongoing and ongoing under a specific strategy, a roadmap,” he said.
Relations between Egypt and Turkey have deteriorated after a military coup led by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi removed President Mohamed Morsi with Ankara support in 2013.
Turkey and Egypt exterminated each other’s ambassadors and put down their relationship.
Erdogan has once again referred to el-Sisi as a “putchist president” responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians.
But Turkey’s leader has said little about el-Sisi recently in denouncing his language on a range of international issues.
Regional competitors
The two regional powers have also spurred over a number of other issues, including the war in Libya where they supported competitive sides, and maritime disputes in the Mediterranean.
In Libya, Turkey has supported the Government of Tripoli-based National Treaty and signed a military cooperation agreement with it in 2019 to help the fight against the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar, with support from Egypt, among others.
Meanwhile, Cavusoglu said earlier this month that Ankara was willing to negotiate a new maritime agreement for the Eastern Mediterranean with Cairo.
Cavusoglu said on Friday that Turkey was also ready to advance relations with the United Arab Emirates – one of its biggest regional rivals – as well as Saudi Arabia.
“We’ve been seeing positive messages recently from Abu Dhabi,” he said.
“We haven’t had any problems with them at all, but they’ve had a problem with us.” We are now seeing a more mediocre approach from them. “
Turkey’s relationship with Saudi Arabia abruptly deteriorated following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Istanbul Riyadh consulate in 2018.
But Cavusoglu said on Friday that Turkey was not treating the death as a “bilateral issue”.
“They turned it into a bilateral issue, but we never accused the Saudi Arabian government.”
A Turkish court seeking 26 Saudi suspects in absentia for Khashoggi’s murder last month has rejected a report from the United States blaming the crown prince of the kingdom Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) for killing them .
The U.S. empirical report said Washington had reasons to conclude that MBS was “approving” the operations because it was responding to a pattern of “using violent measures to dispel disagreements.” -null over.
Cavusoglu confirmed: “We see no reason not to develop relations with Saudi Arabia.”