Minister of Egypt to visit Turkey as relations strengthen

The administration in Ankara said on Monday that Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is set to travel to Turkey once more this week and expressed hope that steps may be taken towards the reinstatement of envoys after relations broke down ten years ago.

Mevlut Cavusoglu, the foreign minister of Turkey, told the private radio A Haber that his colleague would arrive soon — hopefully this week — and would provide further information on Wednesday.

It’s time to make a decision, he added. We can take efforts to nominate ambassadors while Shoukry is here.

A decade after Egypt’s then-president and Ankara friend Mohamed Mursi was overthrown, Cavusoglu paid a visit to Cairo this month.

Shoukry also travelled to Turkey two weeks ago to express sympathy with the Turkish and Syrian people following the devastating earthquakes that claimed more than 50,000 lives.