HAIFA, Israel — A
Turkish warship docked in Israel over the weekend for the first time
since 2010, amid improving ties between the two countries, officials and
witnesses said Sunday.
اضافة اعلان
The TCG Kemalreis
frigate was docked Sunday in the northern port of Haifa, headquarters of the
Israeli navy, AFP reporters said.
A spokesperson for
the Israeli army said the warship was making a stopover as part of “
NATO activities”.
In Ankara, the
Turkish defense ministry said the frigate was to remain in the port of Haifa
until September 6.
Following months
of diplomatic warming, Israel and Turkey announced on August 17 the full
restoration of relations and the return of ambassadors to both countries.
Relations were
frozen in 2010 after the deaths of 10 civilians following an Israeli raid on
the Turkish ship
Mavi Marmara, part of a flotilla trying to breach an Israeli
blockade by carrying aid into Gaza.
Since then, no Turkish
warship had docked in Israel.
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