04/12/2010 11:57
Erdogan: Turkey-Israel relations “bad”
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the humanitarian aid provided to Israel to battle fire in Haifa will not boost improvement of bilateral relations. Erdogan said political issues must not be linked with humanitarian aid stressing that relations between Turkey and Israel are “bad”, nashe kafe reports.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked to Turkish Prime Minister last night. According to Netanyahu, Erdogan said he is deeply saddened by the loss of life, suffering, human displacement in Israel. Netanyahu expressed confidence that Israel-Turkey relations will improve in the near future.