Israeli Foreign Ministry director-general, Dore Gold held a secret meeting in Rome with his Turkish counterpart Feridun Hadi Sinirlioğlu. Photo: Wiki Commons.

A secret meeting was held Monday between high ranking Israeli and Turkish officials in an attempt to repair the relations between the two nations five years after the IDF raid on the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara flotilla, and while a new flotilla is set to depart for the Palestinian enclave.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry’s recently-appointed director-general, Dore Gold, embarked on a secret trip to Rome, for a meeting that was scheduled ahead of time with Turkish counterpart Feridun Hadi Sinirlioğlu.

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