Erdogan woos Egypt
Abdel Bari Atwan- Is Turkey having a radical foreign policy re-think, or just playing for tactical advantage?
Is Turkey having a radical foreign policy re-think, or just playing for tactical advantage?
Egyptian President Abdelfattah as-Sisi must be rubbing his hands in glee at the way top-level Turkish officials and close aides of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been wooing his country. This seems to signal the start of the restoration of normal relations between the two countries, especially with Turkey’s ally and partner Qatar working hard to mend fences and overcome differences with Cairo. A Qatari foreign ministry delegation is currently visiting the Egyptian capital in a bid to speed up the process.
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