Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country will seek steps of rapprochement with Egypt, after positive talks with the UAE. Erdogan’s statements came in a meeting, Monday, with journalists on board a plane, coming from Turkmenistan. Erdogan, whose ruling AK Party is rooted in political Islam, had been a strong supporter of Morsi. Turkey has taken rapprochement steps with Egypt last year, as the two parties have held rounds of exploratory talks in Ankara and Cairo, which did not lead to a full normalization of relations. In his statements Monday, Erdogan confirmed he plans to visit the UAE in February, stressing that the agreements signed with the UAE during talks in Ankara “will begin a new era” in the relations between the two countries.
