The Turkish Embassy in Cairo hosted, Tuesday, a traditional Turkish breakfast as part of the embassy's celebrations with the Turkish Cuisine Week.
Many distinguished journalists and media persons attended the event that organized for the second year in a row.
The Turkish President to Cairo Salih Mutlu Şen welcomed the guests and briefed them about the Turkish breakfast.
Şen described that Turkish breakfast is the most significant breakfast meal in Turkey. It is delicious, trendy, and consists of a lot of items like olives, olive oil, eggs, milk, vegetables, cheese, and vegetables like tomatoes.
On this occasion, the ambassador reviewed the development of relationships between Egypt and Turkey in various fields like economy, tourism, sports, culture, and trade.
He pointed out that Turkey participated in U-23 Mediterranean Games in Ismailia with 50 athletes, highlighting that this group was among the biggest in the competition, and reflecting the huge interest of athletes to visit Egypt.
Regarding cultural cooperation, Şen mentioned yesterday's concert between Turkish and Egyptian musicians and composers at Cairo Opera House.
He also said that he participated in the Egyptian-African Tourism Forum that was sponsored by one of the Turkish hotels in Sharm El Sheikh, asserting that Egypt is one of the top destinations in Africa, therefore, Turkish tourism agents support the forum, and tourism in Egypt. The ambassador revealed that two newly opened hotels in Egypt cooperated with Turkish agents and corporations to equip the hotels with entertainment, kitchen, and hospitality devices.
Finally, Şen underscored that Turkey will continue providing Gaza with humanitarian aid in cooperation with Egypt. He added that the deterioration of the security situation on the Palestinian borders caused a temporary halt in delivering aid to Gaza, asserting that there is no alternative for Egypt as a station to deliver the aid to Gaza now, in addition, 95% of the aid to Gaza was delivered through Rafah border, according to the UN.
The Turkish ambassador said that he hoped that the situation would improve soon to continue delivering aid to Gaza, asserting that Israel is responsible for the deterioration of the situation at the Palestinian Rafah border, calling Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian border, describing Israel's occupation of the Palestinian border is illegal. He added that the calls to Israel to end occupying the Palestinian border are joint Egyptian-Turkish calls.
Finally, he said that the exchanged senior visits between Egypt and Turkey are increasing, and these meetings will include discussing bilateral cooperation and coordination in common interest issues like the Palestinian crisis.
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