Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv. Photo: en.wikipedia.org
During a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his intention to send his country's new ambassador to Israel in the near future.
< p>“President Erdogan stated that Turkey will take the necessary steps to appoint a new ambassador as soon as possible,” a statement issued by the Turkish leader's office said.
The statement said Erdogan and Lapid discussed “Turkish-Israeli relations and the troubled region.” And the Turkish leader noted “the importance of developing cooperation and dialogue between Turkey and Israel.”
Earlier, Israel and Turkey announced that they would return ambassadors and consuls general and fully restore diplomatic relations after several years. strained relations.
< p>Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu later confirmed that Turkey and Israel had agreed to exchange ambassadors to “normalize relations” but that “Ankara will continue to support the Palestinians.”
Turkey recalled the ambassador from Israel and demanded that he leave the country in May 2018 following unrest on the administrative border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. After that, the parties spoke sharply against each other, but from 2020 they changed their tone and began to approximate their positions.