From February 16, Israel will resume the direct flight to Turkey as part of the process normalization of relations Bilateral.
During a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in the Turkish capital Ankara on February 14, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced three of the companies air Israel’s main government will resume flights to Turkey.
Mr. Cohen said the two sides discussed steps to take bilateral relations to the next stage, towards restoring relations to the old level.
The head of Israel’s foreign ministry added that on the first day of the devastating earthquake in Turkey last week, the country sent a rescue team of 450 members, then sent more rescue teams. other households and established a field hospital in the earthquake-stricken area. Israel pledges to continue providing humanitarian assistance to Turkey and offers its deepest condolences to the victims.
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For his part, Foreign Minister Cavusoglu said Israel was one of the first countries to send assistance to Turkey, and thanked Israel for this support.
Israel and Turkey have frozen ties since 2011 when Ankara expelled the Israeli ambassador after a collision between Israeli forces and a small Turkish-led flotilla that allegedly violated the blockade of the strip. Gaza, killing 10 people. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were resumed in 2016 with each sending ambassadors to the other.
However, two years later, Turkey recalled its diplomats and expelled Israeli diplomatic representatives in protest of the deaths of several Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Israeli security forces.
Relations between the two countries have shown many signs of steady improvement in 2022, with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in March making a historic visit to Ankara and holding talks with his Turkish counterpart. Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This is the first visit by an Israeli leader to Turkey since 2008.
Lan Phuong (VNA/Vietnam+)