Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday said that Israel and Turkey are one or two meetings away from normalizing ties, Reuters reports.

Speaking during an interview with the Turkish television station TRT Haber, Cavusoglu said that Israel lifting the blockade on Gaza and allowing for increased aid to be delivered to Palestinians is still a topic of great importance.

Israel however, remains reluctant to ease the blockade on the coastal enclave. MORE