Turkey and Israel have decided to resume full diplomatic relations and will send their respective ambassadors back to their respective countries following a gradual improvement in relations.
“Upgrading relations will contribute to deepening ties between the two peoples, expanding economic, trade, and cultural ties, and strengthening regional stability,” Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Wednesday,
The appointment of ambassadors was one of the steps for the normalization of ties, such a positive step came from Israel as a result of these efforts, and as Turkey, we also decided to appoint an ambassador to Israel, to Tel Aviv.” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara.
According to Cavusoglu, the action did not imply that Turkey would give up on the Palestinian cause.
In response to protests on the Gaza border over the inauguration of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, when 60 Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops, the two states removed their ambassadors in 2018.
Following more than ten years of tense relations, President Isaac Herzog of Israel and the two foreign ministers’ visits to Turkey in March managed to thaw relations.
The agreement was reached two years after Abraham Accords, which saw relations normalized between Israel, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Morocco. The move coincides with Israel’s efforts to strengthen ties with regional powers.
