What was the reason of the recent meeting between the Turkish and Israeli presidents?”
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Turkish President Abdullah Gul say their countries will resume normal diplomatic relations. The two leaders said after meeting Friday on the sidelines of the U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, that they have agreed to resume stable diplomatic relations, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. Friday’s meeting was the first official encounter between Israeli and Turkish leaders since a September crisis in which Turkey banned Israel from taking part in a NATO air force drill. Bilateral relations were further strained when Ankara refused to ban a television drama depicting Israeli soldiers killing Palestinian children, the newspaper said. “The meeting took place in a positive and friendly atmosphere,” Peres’ office said in a statement. “At its conclusion, the presidents agreed on a return to normal, positive, and stable relations between Turkey and Israel.” Ynetnews.com reported that Peres
The Israeli and Turkish presidents met on Friday on the sidelines of the UN climate summit in the highest-level meeting since ties between the two allies nosedived in the wake of the Gaza war. Israeli President Shimon Peres and Turkey’s Abdullah Gul, who met in Copenhagen, “agreed to return to normal, positive and stable routine in relations,” Peres’s office said. Sources: Yahoo!
