Netanyahu 'hopeful' of normalization of ties with Turkey
- 8 years ago
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed hope in an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu towards the normalization of ties with Turkey .
"We are talking to them (Turkish officials), and they are talking to us and if we succeed, that will be good for both countries," Netanyahu told the news agency on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Last month, it was reported that Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, at the time Israel's national security advisor, and Joseph Ciechanover, Netanyahu's envoy to talks with Turkey, met in secret with the Turkish Foreign Ministry's director general Feridun Hadi Sinirlioğlu in Switzerland.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also expressed his desire to normalize ties with Israel , some five years after the Israeli raid on the Marmara flotilla that tried to break the blockade over Gaza.
"We are talking to them (Turkish officials), and they are talking to us and if we succeed, that will be good for both countries," Netanyahu told the news agency on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Last month, it was reported that Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, at the time Israel's national security advisor, and Joseph Ciechanover, Netanyahu's envoy to talks with Turkey, met in secret with the Turkish Foreign Ministry's director general Feridun Hadi Sinirlioğlu in Switzerland.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also expressed his desire to normalize ties with Israel , some five years after the Israeli raid on the Marmara flotilla that tried to break the blockade over Gaza.