Davutoglu said the ongoing talks on normalizing relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv were progressing well.
Turkish Foreign Ministry adviser Feridun Sinirlioglu is meeting a representative of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today in Vienna to discuss Turkey’s final condition for restoring relations: lifting the blockade on Gaza.
The Turkish side expressed hope that a solution on lifting the Gaza blockade could be found so that important economic matters, such as natural-gas exports, could be discussed. Of the natural gas Israel is due to begin extracting in 2017, 80% is to be sold to Europe through Turkey.
TurkPress — Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country would normalize relations with Israel if the Israeli side met his government’s demands.
Answering journalists’ questions after a press conference with his Bosnian counterpart, Denis Zvizdic, in Ankara on Wednesday, Davutoglu said talks with Israel had been continuing for months and that Turkey’s conditions were clear.