In response to Turkish officials\u2019 recent statements regarding resumption and restoring the diplomatic ties with Egypt and Gulf States, an Egyptian official from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that \u201cthere is no such thing of ‘resuming diplomatic contacts.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Egyptian official added that the diplomatic ties between the two countries exist at the level of the charge d’affaires in accordance with the diplomatic norms.<\/p>\n
\u201cUpgrading the level of the relationship between the two countries requires taking into consideration the legal and diplomatic frameworks that govern relations between countries on the basis of respecting the principle of sovereignty and the requirements of Arab national security,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cEgypt expects that any country that needs to establish normal relations with it [Egypt] should abide by the rules of international law and the principles of good neighbor policy and stop attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of the countries of the region,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n
The official also affirmed that Egyptian and Turkish peoples have strong bonds and ties.<\/p>\n
Egypt\u2019s response came after Turkish Foreign Minister Mevl\u00fct \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu said that Turkey, Egypt started holding first diplomatic contact after being suspended since 2013, as it was reported by Anadolu News Agency on Friday. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have had contacts both at the level of intelligence and foreign ministries with Egypt. Diplomatic-level contacts have started,\u201d \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
After being internationally isolated due to his foreign policy, Turkey started courting Cairo. Spokesman of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ibrahim Kalin told Bloomberg that his country is ready to normalize ties with Egypt and some Gulf States.<\/p>\n
Turkish-Egyptian ties have strained since 2013 when Erdogan criticized the Jaune 30 Revolution that thwarted the ruling of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group. Also, Turkey\u2019s relations with some Gulf countries strained due to its support to terrorists and interference into other neighboring countries\u2019 affairs like Libya and Syria.<\/p>\n
Egypt Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In response to Turkish officials\u2019 recent statements regarding resumption and restoring the diplomatic ties with Egypt and Gulf States, an Egyptian official from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that \u201cthere is no such thing of ‘resuming diplomatic contacts.\u201d The Egyptian official added that the diplomatic ties between the two countries exist at the level of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":219142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[2484,41537,47778,25395],"class_list":["post-219141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-egypt","tag-mevlut-cavusoglu","tag-tayyip-erdogan","tag-turkey"],"yoast_head":"\n