Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Türkiye on Monday to show solidarity after two massive earthquakes jolted southern Türkiye for the first such visit in a decade of tense relations between countries.
A foreign ministry statement said the trip aims to show “solidarity with the two countries and their brotherly peoples” after the devastating earthquake that hit Syria and Türkiye earlier this month.
The 7.8 magnitude quake on Feb. 6 killed more than 46,000 people in both countries.
Shoukry and his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu are expected to hold a bilateral meeting, the statement added.
Condolences have poured in from around the world expressing solidarity with Türkiye, with many countries sending rescue teams and aid, including Egypt.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was among the leaders who called President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after the earthquakes.
The visit also comes just days after Shoukry and Çavuşoğlu had a phone call.
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