Egypt's foreign minister pays earthquake-ravaged Turkey rare visit

Egypt’s overseas curate arrived in Turkey connected Monday to show solidarity pinch nan quake-hit country, successful nan first high-level sojourn from Egypt since relations betwixt Ankara and Cairo started to amended aft years of friction.

Sameh Shoukry traveled to nan confederate Turkish metropolis of Mersin from Syria -- portion of a two-legged travel seeking to convey Egypt’s solidarity pinch nan earthquake-stricken populations.

Diplomatic relations betwixt Ankara and Cairo person been frosty for almost a decade. Erdogan was a adjacent state of Egypt’s erstwhile Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by nan subject amid wide protests successful 2013.

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Turkey successful caller years abandoned its captious attack to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s government, arsenic it tried to repair nan frayed ties. In November, Erdogan and el-Sissi were photographed shaking hands during nan World Cup successful Qatar.

Egypt's neighbour Libya remains a constituent of conflict betwixt nan 2 governments, pinch each backing rival administrations that disagreement nan country’s eastbound and west.

Egypt's overseas curate visited earthquake-ravaged Turkey successful a uncommon show of solidarity betwixt nan 2 nations.

"What is important for america is to bring nan relationships backmost to nan aged level and to return them very acold successful nan interests of some countries successful accordance pinch their communal interest,″ Shoukry told reporters, during a associated news convention pinch his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu.

The 2 stood successful beforehand of an Egyptian assistance vessel that docked astatine nan larboard of Mersin. Cairo has sent galore consignments of assistance to Turkey since the earthquake struck connected Feb. 6, sidesplitting tens of thousands — mostly successful Turkey.

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"Friendship and brotherhood go evident during times of difficulties and nan Egyptian authorities and group person shown that they are nan Turkish people's friends and brothers during these difficult times," Cavusoglu said.

The Turkish curate continued: "We are opening a caller page successful our relations. The improvement of ties betwixt Turkey and Egypt is to some countries’ benefit."

The monolithic earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria has killed immoderate 48,000 group successful some countries and led to nan illness aliases superior harm of 173,000 buildings successful Turkey.

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On Monday, different earthquake shook confederate Turkey, causing immoderate already damaged buildings to illness and sidesplitting astatine slightest 1 person.