ANKARA: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due in Turkey on July 28 to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, just three days after a tour by Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, the president’s office said on Thursday.
Ankara Sets Israeli PM Meeting with President Erdogan Three Days After Palestinian President Trip
In a statement, the president’s office said, “Erdogan will welcome the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Turkey in the course of the same week,”.
Mahmoud Abbas is due in Ankara on Tuesday, with Benjamin Netanyahu arriving three days later, the statement maintained.
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Israeli Prime Minister’s office also confirmed the trip, the first by an Israeli PM to Ankara since 2008, AFP reported.
The talks will be on Turkish-Palestinian ties and the recent developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as other global matters issues, the statement maintained.
In April, Ankara condemned clashes that erupted in Al-Aqsa Mosque, where Israeli police personnel fought with Palestinians inside Jerusalem’s holy site. President Erdogan had said that Israel had crossed a “red line.”
