Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the Jewish state and its former ally Turkey must repair their relationship because of the instability in their region.
Turkey cut its once extensive ties with Israel after Israeli marines killed nine Turkish activists in May 2010 on a humanitarian vessel trying to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, considered a violation of international law by rights groups.
"Turkey and Israel are two important, strong and stable states in this region...We must find ways to restore the relations we once had...it is important, particularly now, for stability in the region in these times," Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Tuesday.
It said he gave the message to Turkish journalists in a meeting late on Monday.
While the statement gave no reason for the timing of his comments, both Israel and Turkey border Syria.
Turkey has called for Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, to quit after he failed to heed calls for reform and the country has harbored Syrian rebels and tens of thousands of refugees along its border with Syria...
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