Turkish-Syria Normalization may improve as with Egypt – Erdogan
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, revealed restoring ties with Egypt is approaching, starting at ministerial level, noting to the possibility of improving ties with Syria as well.
Following years of cut in relations due to principles Turkey has adopted to support Islamic opposition groups in both countries, Erdogan looms with a bunch of statements to restore ties with Damascus and Cairo.
The Turkish presidents intended to recover ties with Egypt after toppling the Islamic regime of the former presidents Mohamed El-Morsy by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi government.
Erdogan was accused of killing El-Morsy, who died in prison in 2019.
For the first time and on the margins of 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Erdogan shook hand with el-Sisi which was described by the latter to be a new beginning for bilateral ties between the two countries.
Erdogan, in a televised statement on Sunday, revealed that meeting between the presidents lasted for between 30 and 45 minutes.
“I hope that the process [of Turkish-Egyptian normalization] will continue [at the level] of our ministers,” he added.
Erdogan went further saying that relations with Syria can develop “as it was settled with Egypt.”
Turkish-Egyptian ties have strained since 2013 when el-Sisi, army chief at the time, worked to topple the former president El-Morsy, of Muslims Brotherhood, following protests against his governing.
Erdogan supported El-Morsy then.
In 2021, meetings at the level of senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of both countries began when Turkey sought to ease tension with neighbors including Egypt, UAE, Israel and Saudi.