'Aid won't change Israel-Turkey relations'

Turkey-Israel relations will not benefit from the latter's aid shipment to the victims of the devastating earthquake which hit Turkey's southeast on Sunday, Ankara's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Thursday.

Davutoğlu told reporters that the diplomatic relations between the once-close allies – which were downgraded to second-secretary level after the release of the UN's Palmer Report on the 2010 Gaza flotilla – will be restored only after Israel complies with Turkey's conditions to that effect.

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The Turkish FM denied reports suggesting that Ankara had initially rejected Israel's offer of aid, saying that all of the offers presented to the Turkish government were considered "without prejudice."

Israeli aid arrives in Turkey (Video: Reuters)

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