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On Turkish President Erdogan talks to media after the Friday prayers in Istanbul ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has resumed diplomatic contacts with Egypt and wants further cooperation, Turkish leaders said on Friday, after years of tension since the Egyptian army toppled a Muslim Brotherhood president close to Ankara. Any thaw in ties between the two regional powerhouses could have repercussions around the Middle East, where Cairo and Ankara have sought to influence events in various hotspots and stand on opposing sides in a Mediterranean maritime dispute. Two Egyptian intelligence sources said Turkey had proposed a meeting to discuss cooperation, but they suggested that the contacts were still only preliminary – a view later backed up by a report on Egypt’s state-run MENA news agency.

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