Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during a meeting on Wednesday, agreed on the return of ambassadors and consuls general and then the full renewal of diplomatic relations.
This is reported by Haaretz.
In his statement, Lapid noted that "the renewal of ties with Turkey is an important asset for the stability of the region and is of great economic importance for the citizens of Israel.
"We will continue to work and increase the international prestige of Israel in the world," Lapid said.
We would like to remind you that Turkey asked the ambassador to Israel to leave the country because of the events in 2018 on the administrative cordon of the Gaza Strip, where dozens of Palestinians were killed by the Transnistrian troops. In addition, the Turkish government has called on ambassadors in Tel Aviv and Washington for consultations.
Israel responded by posting a Turkish consul in Jerusalem.
It should be noted that Turkey and Israel exchanged ambassadors after a six-year hiatus only two and a half years earlier. The countries severed diplomatic relations in 2010 after the incident with the Freedom Flotilla.
At that time, the Israeli troops intercepted the Turkish ship "Mavi Marmara," which was trying to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The incident resulted in the death of 10 Turkish pro-Palestinian activists.
