Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Turkey and the United Arab Emirates leaders held a phone discussion to discuss bilateral ties and regional developments, signalling further cooperative efforts to restore the years-long and damaged relations.
Through their intelligence services, Turkey and the UAE were in talks to narrow their differences on several bilateral and regional issues, including the Libya crisis. After the UAE criticised Turkey's robust reaction to Abdel Fattah al- sisi, which resulted in the fall of Egypt's first elected President, Mohammed Morsi, in mid-2013, relations between the two nations had deteriorated.
Radio Islam International interviewed Hassan Abdullah, TRT Journalist live from Turkey