A significant milestone: Defense Minister Yoav Galant spoke for the first time Thursday morning with his Turkish counterpart Yasher Güler. In their conversation, the two discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the security establishments, and agreed to strengthen the joint dialogue on security issues.
Defense Minister Galant stressed that strengthening relations between the countries is a joint security-strategic interest between Israel and Turkey, which will improve regional stability in the Middle East. At the end of their conversation, which was conducted in good spirit, Minister Galant invited Minister Goler to visit Israel, and the two agreed to meet soon.
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The conversation between the two is a significant milestone in the renewed rapprochement between the two countries, since so far no such conversation has taken place between the defense ministers. Israel and Turkey had close security ties in the 90s, before Erdogan came to power.
As a result of the Turkish president's hostility to Israel, these ties have been severed, and so far Israel has made it clear that it will not renew them. The conversation between the two and the meeting they arranged indicate that the Turks are interested in returning, even if only partially, to security cooperation. Prime Minister Netanyahu was supposed to meet Erdogan tomorrow on a historic visit to Ankara, but the trip was postponed due to the pacemaker's implantation in his heart.
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