Erdogan to visit Gaza

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Media agencies have reported that Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayiip Erdogan, will be visiting the Gaza Strip on July 5 to meet with Ismail Hanniya of Hamas, and several Palestinian officials in the coastal region.

Sources at the Hamas-led Palestinian government in Gaza stated that a number of Turkish officials recently held a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister of the Hamal-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, and deputy Foreign Minister, Ghazi Hamad.

The meeting focused on arrangements and preparations of the planned visit.

The Turkish PM said that the protests taking place in Turkey initially caused a delay to the visit that was initially set for June.

The Hamas-led government in Gaza confirmed the reports, and said that a Turkish government delegation and Turkish media crews are currently in Gaza, and already held a meeting with Haniyya to discuss details of the planned visit.

Despite media reports of an addition delay to the visit, government sources in Gaza said that the planned July visit has not been delayed.

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No date scheduled for Turkish PM's Gaza visit

No date has yet been scheduled for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Gaza, a prime ministry official told the Hürriyet Daily News today.

An official was responding to a question about earlier reports that claimed the prime minister would visit the Hamas-controlled enclave on July 5, denying that such a date was set in stone. However, the official reiterated that Erdoğan would visit Gaza at some point.

A senior Hamas official had stated that Erdoğan would visit the Gaza Strip next week. “The visit of Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan is to take place on July 5,” Abdelsalam Siyyam, secretary general of the Hamas government, said in an interview with a Palestinian.

MIDEAST - No date scheduled for Turkish PM's Gaza visit