Turkiye's chief diplomat was in Cairo on Saturday for talks with Egyptian officials as the regional powers seek to mend their frayed ties after years of tensions. Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkiye's foreign minister, landed in the Egyptian capital early Saturday. He was the highest ranking Turkish official to visit the Arab World's most populous nation in over a decade.

Egypt and Turkiye have been at loggerheads since the Egyptian military's 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi amid mass protest against his divisive one year of rule. Morsi hailed from the Muslim Brotherhood group, supported by Turkiye. Egypt has designated the group a terrorist organisation.