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Türkiye and Egypt to Reappoint Ambassadors After 10-Year Absence
After nearly a decade, Turkiye and Egypt are set to reappoint ambassadors. The agreement came during a phone call between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, who had called to congratulate the Turkish leader on his election win. This latest diplomatic opening follows several months of high-level talks that worked to put an end to nearly ten years of hostility and mistrust.
Relations between Ankara and Cairo plunged back in 2013 following the overthrow of Egypt's first democratically elected President Mohammed Morsi. Egypt's support for the blockade of Qatar a few years later, and its backing of warlord Khalifia Haftar in Libya, also soured relations with Turkiye. But starting in 2021, a series of meetings were held, to normalize ties. Last year, during the opening of the World Cup in Doha, President Erdogan briefly met Sisi, signaling a further thaw. The devastating February 6 earthquakes also helped propel normalization, after Egypt became one of the first country's to send aid.
Guests:
Wafik Moustafa
Chairman of the British Arab Network
Ali Bakir
Assistant Professor at Qatar University
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