Bloomberg News quoted Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin as saying that a new page could be opened in Turkey's relationship with Egypt and a number of Gulf countries to help achieve peace and stability.
"It is possible to open a new page in our relationship with Egypt and the Gulf states in order to help achieve regional peace and stability," Kalan said in a video interview conducted by Bloomberg Agency and published on Monday.
In his speech, he described Egypt as "the heart of the Arab world," referring to the continuing discussions between the two countries on several issues, and Ankara's willingness to restore its relationship with Cairo.
On the other hand, he stressed that Egypt "is currently suffering from economic and security problems that Turkey fully understands."
Kalan's comments came after Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced last December that his country and Egypt were "seeking to define a roadmap regarding their bilateral relations."
He said at the time that communication with Egypt at the intelligence level is continuing to strengthen relations, noting that he met his Egyptian counterpart in 2019 in international meetings, and that they stressed the need to work on a roadmap regarding the relations of the two countries.
And Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in previous statements that his country has common historical and cultural values with Egypt, and that various developments could take place by activating these values in the coming days.
Akar considered that Egypt's respect for the Turkish continental shelf during its exploration activities in the eastern Mediterranean is a very important development.
And based on the Turkish position rejecting the coups as an undemocratic option, Ankara opposed the overthrow of the late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the first civilian Egyptian president elected in 2013, which led to the deterioration of relations between the two countries, but the commercial and economic relations between them continued naturally.