After a decade of frosty relations, the two leaders said they had turned over a “new leaf” in ties in February, when Erdogan visited Cairo.
In 2013, Ankara and Cairo cut ties after al-Sisi, then defense minister, ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, an ally of Turkey and part of the Muslim Brotherhood movement.
Erdogan said at the time he would never speak to “anyone” like al-Sisi, who in 2014 became president of the Arab world’s most populous nation.
But relations between the two men have warmed over the past two years, their interests aligning on several issues, including the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Turkish President Erdoğan incited Israel at a joint press conference with Egyptian President al-Sisi: "At the top of the list of priorities now is the need to stop the massacres in the Gaza Strip and reach a ceasefire. Israel dropped thousands of tons of bombs on Gaza to subdue the Palestinian people after failing to break his will"
Speaking at a joint press conference with al-Sisi, Erdogan said the two countries had reaffirmed their will to improve relations in every area, including trade, defense, health, energy, and environmental matters. Ministers from both countries signed a series of agreements ahead of the leaders’ statements.