Egypt’s doors to Gaza wide open to Turkish PM Erdoğan: Egyptian PM.

Egypt’s doors to Gaza wide open to Turkish PM Erdoğan: Egyptian PM.(HD).

The doors of Egypt to Gaza are wide open to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Egyptian prime minister has said, noting that Erdoğan had repeated his intention to visit the enclave at the end of this month.

“He [Erdoğan] said he wants to come to Egypt and to go to Gaza. Of course, he’s going to have a very good experience because seeing things live is much different from watching or reading news pieces,” Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil told the Hürriyet Daily News on May 11. Kandil held meetings with President Abdullah Gül and Erdoğan on May 10, when he also attended Turkish-Egyptian Business Forum meeting. Kandil said both countries’ foreign ministries were talking about the dates of Erdoğan’s visit, which is supposed to take place after the prime minister’s appointment with U.S. President Barack Obama on May 16.

Erdoğan is supposed to pass to Gaza from Egypt as the Egyptian prime minister said, “Our doors are going to be wide open for him of course.” Here is an excerpt from the interview with Kandil:

This is also related with the Turkish prime minister’s plans to visit Gaza. Have you discussed this issue, because he will need to pass there through Egypt?

Yes, he said [during his meeting on May 10] he wants to come to Egypt and to go to Gaza. Of course, he’s going to have a very good experience because seeing things live is much different from watching it on the news or reading the news. Doors are going to be wide open for him of course.

Have you discussed dates of this visit?

Our foreign ministries are discussing dates, but no certain date has been fixed so far.

Another regional development was Israel’s apology to Turkey. How do you evaluate the development?

This issue has three parts: apology, compensation and lifting the embargo. Turkey should be praised for sticking to its position and everybody will be delighted to see the embargo on our brothers and sisters in Gaza lifted. Hmmmm......Morsi and Erdogan Both BFF of Obama.....'The staunchest ally of Israel'.Read the full story here.