A senior Israeli government minister is due to visit Turkey this week in the first such trip since the Jewish state and Ankara normalized relations after a six-year estrangement, an official says.
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz will attend the World Energy Congress in Istanbul on Thursday, an official from the Israeli embassy tells AFP.
The official says it is “not certain” yet if the Israeli minister will meet with his Turkish counterpart, Berat Albayrak, on the sidelines of the congress.
Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources Yuval Steinitz Yuval Steinitz seen at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, September 27, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
Israel and Turkey signed a deal in June to restore ties.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul as the two leaders push toward normalizing ties that were strained by Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane near the border with Syria last year.
Putin is scheduled to meet Erdogan Monday on the sidelines of the World Energy Congress.
The two are expected to advance joint energy projects, including Russian plans for a natural gas pipeline, called “Turkish Stream,” that would carry gas beneath the Black Sea to Turkey and to European markets. Russia is also building Turkey’s first nuclear power station.
— Agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Konstantin palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia, August 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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