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Thursday, July 20, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Netanyahu to meet Erdogan in Turkey next week, first such visit in 15 years
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Ronen Zvulun and Ozan Kose/AFP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will head to Turkey for an official visit where he will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next week, his office says.
The Prime Minister’s Office says Netanyahu will depart on July 28.
On July 25, Erdogan is slated to host Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
An Israeli prime minister has not visited Turkey since Ehud Olmert in 2008, although President Isaac Herzog paid a visit there last year, and then-prime minister Yair Lapid met with Erdogan in New York in the fall.
