Turkey’s foreign minister will participate in the Arab League meeting of foreign ministers tomorrow in Cairo, the Middle East Eye reports.
Hakan Fidan will be the first Turkish foreign minister to participate in 13 years, as many leading Arab states saw Ankara as backing hostile Islamist forces during the Arab Spring uprisings that broke out in 2011.
All Arab countries had to consent to allow Turkey’s participation, including Syria. Turkish forces occupy parts of northern Syria, and back opposition forces.
The Gaza war will top the agenda at the semi-annual meeting, a spokesman for Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit told the Egyptian Al-Qahera al-Ikhbariya agency.
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi made the first Egyptian presidential visit to Turkey in 12 years last week, as ties thaw after years of bitter rivalry between the two Sunni powers across the Middle East and Mediterranean region.
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