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Israeli FM Lapid gets warm welcome in Ankara

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is the latest regional leader to be greeted in Ankara as Turkey takes a fresh approach to its regional ties.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (L).

ISTANBUL — Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid signaled improving ties with Turkey during a visit to Ankara on Thursday, more than a decade after relations between the regional heavyweights were ruptured.

“In the last year there was great progress in relations between Israel and Turkey,” Lapid said during a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara.

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