"in parallel" with restoring diplomatic ties, according to Turkish Trade Minister Mehmet Mus, Reuters reports. Mus' statement comes ahead of an expected visit from a delegation of high-level Turkish diplomats to Cairo this week. Ties between Ankara and Cairo have been strained since 2013, when Egypt's army toppled a Muslim Brotherhood president close to Turkey, in what Ankara said was a military coup. Despite the political frictions, Ankara says Cairo remains its biggest African trade partner, with the value of trade standing at $4.86 billion last year, only marginally down from 2012, the year before Turkey's ally Mohamed Mursi was toppled.
