The Turkish Ambassador to Egypt, Salih Mutlu Şen, in his first statement since his appointment said that Ankara and Cairo agree on "the need to hold elections in Libya."

The Turkish ambassador said in an interview with the Saudi channels Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath on Wednesday evening that "the improvement of relations between Cairo and Ankara will strengthen the dialogue on Libya."

"Egypt and Turkey are talking about how to deal with the crisis in Libya to work to resolve it and ensure the stability and unity of Libya," he said.

"Egypt and Turkey understand each other better, and there is progress in building trust between them."

The Turkish diplomat returned to the beginnings of the signs of resolving the crisis, pointing out that "political dialogue and political relations are based on trust between any two countries. Over the past three or four years, both countries have been able to build and restore trust between them."

He stressed that "Turkey and Egypt are important countries in the region and relations between them are vital to improve the atmosphere of security and stability, as well as advance all areas of development, and this is important for the benefit for the region, and the region will be positively affected by this relationship."

Turkey and Egypt announced on Tuesday in a joint statement that diplomatic relations between them were raised to the level of ambassadors, Ankara nominated Saleh Mutlu Şan as its ambassador to Cairo, and Egypt nominated Amr Al-Hamami as its ambassador to Ankara.

The Cairo News channel also revealed Thursday that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will visit Turkey on July 27.

Turkish-Egyptian relations had deteriorated since the ouster of late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in the summer of 2013, which Ankara opposed, but the gradual return to normalization began since the famous handshake between Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and El-Sisi during the opening of the 2022 World Cup.