By Temitope
Duduspree News, Washington DC
Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said his country and Egypt may soon restore full diplomatic relations after nine years of tensions.
He said negotiations could begin “in the coming months”
Ankara and Cairo severed ties in late 2013 soon after Egypt’s President, Abdul Fattah al-Sisii, came to power in a coup.
Turkey was a strong supporter of the deposed leader, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Earlier this month Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan shook hands with his Egyptian counterpart at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Qatar – signalling what his office described as a new start in bilateral relations.
