Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met on Sunday in Qatar for the first time, a picture from Turkey´s presidency showed.
Erdogan and Sisi have been sparring since the military´s 2013 ouster in Cairo of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, personally backed by Erdogan. A Turkish official confirmed to AFP the handshake in Doha during the opening ceremony for the World Cup.