Egypt's Sisi visits Turkey for first time after 12-year rift with Erdogan
Posted on AllSides September 5th, 2024
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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi arrived in Ankara on Wednesday in his first official visit to Turkey since becoming president 10 years ago.
The visit reciprocates President Recep Tayyib Erdogan's trip to Cairo in February, which marked an official end to the diplomatic and political hostility between the two governments that began when Sisi ousted his democratically elected predecessor Mohamed Morsi, an Erdogan ally, in a military coup in 2013.
"Turkey-Egypt relations will be reviewed in all their aspects, and possible joint steps in the coming period to further develop cooperation will be discussed," the Turkish...