Israel's war in Gaza tops the agenda for Egyptian president abdal fata Eli in anara Wednesday LC's visit follows eran's trip to Cairo in February the result of years of efforts to menend damage relations this could be beginning of new error in commercial political and Military relations but the most important do lead we'll talk about how can we stop this ongoing bloodly confli in the middle of this end in the tension between Hamas and is arm relations between turkey and Egypt suffered when eran's close Ally Egyptian president Muhammad Mory was ousted in a coup and because of anor's Hosting of Egyptian opposition groups but analysts say shared concerns over Israel's war on Hamas have given the two countries enough common ground to repair relations the way the reality of the region has been evolving those those two Nations I would say even if they didn't have this uh explicit need Forma happen to be more and more in agreement anyway the economies of both Egypt and turkey are suffering and analysts say the need to increase bilateral trade is a powerful impetus to R proom they say it is also a driving force for Corporation in oil Rich Libya where Cairo and Ankara back rival governments Libya has been a very uh important arena in which turkey and uh Egypt duked it out and now uh because the lines in the sand are so set and each country has its sphere of influence uh this has helped both countries realizing that you know it's much more lucrative if they cooperate uh rather than fight each other Somalia ethopian tensions over the Breakaway state of Somali land are likely to also be on the agenda of LCC and eran's talks following reports that Egypt has started deploying weapons to Somalia Ankara has invested heavily in Somalia and is currently mediating between Somalia and Ethiopia both Egypt and turkey can cooperate in Somalia especially in particular sectors in the security domain they can um Implement joint anti-terrorism initiatives they can um combine their efforts in development projects they can involve in political ization initiatives Etc but they can also compete with each other for a larger role and influence in Somalia with Israel's war on Hamas continuing to rage and The Wider region facing the risks of a wider conflict analysts say Eran and LCC will be aware when they meet Wednesday that cooperation rather than rivalry is in both their interests Dorian Jones vaa news Istanbul