AGL 40.10 Increased By ▲ 0.10 (0.25%)
AIRLINK 130.78 Increased By ▲ 1.25 (0.97%)
BOP 6.79 Increased By ▲ 0.11 (1.65%)
CNERGY 4.60 Decreased By ▼ -0.03 (-0.65%)
DCL 8.97 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.34%)
DFML 43.00 Increased By ▲ 1.31 (3.14%)
DGKC 84.15 Increased By ▲ 0.38 (0.45%)
FCCL 33.00 Increased By ▲ 0.23 (0.7%)
FFBL 78.02 Increased By ▲ 2.55 (3.38%)
FFL 11.95 Increased By ▲ 0.48 (4.18%)
HUBC 110.85 Increased By ▲ 0.30 (0.27%)
HUMNL 14.56 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
KEL 5.63 Increased By ▲ 0.24 (4.45%)
KOSM 8.25 Decreased By ▼ -0.15 (-1.79%)
MLCF 39.83 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.1%)
NBP 60.80 Increased By ▲ 0.51 (0.85%)
OGDC 200.25 Increased By ▲ 0.59 (0.3%)
PAEL 26.55 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-0.38%)
PIBTL 7.80 Increased By ▲ 0.14 (1.83%)
PPL 160.59 Increased By ▲ 2.67 (1.69%)
PRL 26.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.03 (-0.11%)
PTC 18.60 Increased By ▲ 0.14 (0.76%)
SEARL 83.00 Increased By ▲ 0.56 (0.68%)
TELE 8.22 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-1.08%)
TOMCL 34.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.11 (-0.32%)
TPLP 9.08 Increased By ▲ 0.02 (0.22%)
TREET 17.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.47 (-2.69%)
TRG 60.30 Decreased By ▼ -1.02 (-1.66%)
UNITY 27.80 Increased By ▲ 0.37 (1.35%)
WTL 1.42 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (2.9%)
BR100 10,570 Increased By 163.2 (1.57%)
BR30 31,952 Increased By 238.6 (0.75%)
KSE100 98,681 Increased By 1352.7 (1.39%)
KSE30 30,727 Increased By 534.7 (1.77%)

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan received the credentials of Israel’s new ambassador to Turkey on Tuesday, as the two countries normalise ties after four years of strain.

Turkey and Israel began improving relations with high-level visits this year including Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Ankara. They agreed to appoint ambassadors mutually in August.

After Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu won elections last month, he and Erdogan agreed to “work together to create a new era in relations” on a basis of respect for mutual interests.

Irit Lillian, Israeli’s charge d’affaires in Ankara since January 2021, became ambassador after presenting his letter of confidence to Erdogan.

Once close regional allies, relations between Israel and Turkey have been strained for more than a decade, with Ankara having expelled Israel’s ambassador following a 2010 Israeli raid on an aid ship to Gaza, which killed 10 Turkish citizens.

Israeli president touts business ties on first Bahrain visit

Diplomatic relations were restored in 2016, but two years later Turkey recalled its ambassador from Israel and expelled the Israeli envoy when Israeli forces killed a number of Palestinians who had taken part in protests in the Gaza Strip.

Already facing criticism on policy before taking office, Netanyahu has vowed to govern for all Israelis even as he will head one of the most right-wing governments in the country’s history.

Comments

Comments are closed.