Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is set to start a two-day visit to Egypt at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty, Anadolu reports according to diplomatic sources.

The primary topics of this visit include developments in Gaza, the Palestinian issue, humanitarian aid to Gaza and rising regional tensions.

Fidan is expected to visit Al-Arish and the Rafah border crossing into the Gaza Strip and inspect an Egyptian Red Crescent logistics centre which handles humanitarian aid shipments from Türkiye to Gaza.

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