Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Turkey on Monday to show solidarity after the deadly Feb. 6 earthquakes, the Turkish government said.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Turkey on Monday to show solidarity after the deadly Feb. 6 earthquakes, the Turkish government said.
Shoukry will visit the quake-hit city of Adana and then go to Mersin Port, where an aid ship from Egypt will arrive, according to a statement from Turkey’s foreign ministry. He is also scheduled to meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
Relations between the two countries have been sour over Turkey’s support for Islamists, and spiraled down further with the 2013 military ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi. They also backed opposite sides in conflict in Libya.
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