President Gül sends congratulatory message to Egypt’s Sisi
Turkish President Abdullah Gül has congratulated Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on his election as president, in a first step of official communication between the two countries since the former general Sisi ousted Egyptâs first democratically elected leader, Mohamed Morsi, last year.
Presidential sources stressed that Gülâs message was âcustomaryâ and did not mean he denied the fact that Sisi first came to power after a military coup,
The Turkish government under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan has been extremely vocal in denouncing the coup in Egypt. Cairo and Ankara declared each otherâs ambassadors persona non grata last fall and mutually reduced their level of representation, damaging long standing bilateral ties between two of the regionâs most important countries.
Gülâs position, however, has been slightly different from that of ErdoÄan, indirectly urging the government to seek paths of communication with the new administration in Egypt.
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