The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Hakan Fidan will attend the meeting of the Arab League tomorrow in Cairo and will make an address dedicated to the situation in Gaza, Turkish media reported, citing Turkish diplomatic sources, quoted by BTA.
This will be the first time in 13 years that Turkey will participate in the meeting, and is another sign of improving strained ties between the country and the Arab League.
The foreign ministers of the Arab League regularly meet twice a year - in March and September, according to "Hurriet Daily News".
Fidan's address will cover both the relations between Turkey and the Arab League, as well as the current situation in Gaza, which has been under an Israeli offensive since October 2023.
The developing relations between Turkey and the Arab countries offer new opportunities to achieve stability and peace in the region through concrete projects and cooperation in various fields, the sources recall.
"In this framework, Turkey wants to improve institutional relations with the Arab League and strengthen coordination with it. The invitation to the foreign minister reflects the growing interest in Turkey's role in the region," the sources said.
The invitation is also a request from the Arab League for the beginning of a new period in relations with Turkey. Since 2018, the Arab League has adopted resolutions against Turkey, claiming that the country interferes in the internal affairs of some Arab countries, reminds "Hurriet Daily News".
Turkey's normalization of relations with Egypt, as well as with some other Arab countries, also contributed to thawing relations between Turkey and the Arab League. The group softened its language against Turkey and disbanded an anti-Turkish committee.
The meeting is taking place after the historic visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Ankara at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two countries signed 17 agreements and a joint communique outlining the growing scope of bilateral ties.
Relations between Ankara and Cairo became strained after Sisi, then army chief, ousted then-President Mohamed Morsi from the Muslim Brotherhood, who was an Erdogan ally, in 2013.