Turkish President T. Erdogan made his first visit (Feb. 14th 2024) to Egypt since 2012 and met his Egyptian counterpart Ab

Turkish 🇹🇷 President T. Erdogan made his first visit (Feb. 14th 2024) to Egypt since 2012 and met his Egyptian 🇪🇬 counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo in a big step toward rebuilding relations between the regional powers. The humanitarian tragedy in Gaza topped the agenda of their talks. Relations between Ankara and Cairo broke down in 2013 after Egypt’s then-army chief Sisi led the ouster of the Brotherhood’s Mohamed Mursi, an ally of Türkiye who had become Egypt’s first democratically elected president the year before. Mursi died in prison in Egypt in 2019. Other senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood are jailed in Egypt or have fled abroad, including to Türkiye. The Brotherhood remains outlawed in Egypt. The countries mutually appointed ambassadors last year. This month Türkiye said it would provide Egypt with armed drones. Ankara has taken a number of steps to reduce the presence of Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Turkey, one of Egypt’s biggest concerns. Mekameleen satellite channel, an anti-Sisi outlet, ceased broadcasting from Turkey in 2021, and some prominent exiles in Türkiye were asked to reduce their criticism of the Sisi regime. Türkiye has been busy on asserting itself as a regional power on the diplomatic front through the: Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to build support for Gaza 🇵🇸. Organization of Turkic States to boost trade and investments. St. Petersburg (Russia 🇷🇺) International Gas Forum to become natural gas hub. meetings with Iran 🇮🇷, Russia and Syria 🇸🇾 to solve the Syrian conflict. working on an alternative to replace the Russian payment system MIR after the US threatened Türkiye with sanctions for servicing MIR cards. Video sources: Aljazeera and Judging Freedom Источник: The Paradigm Shift Channel ⏳