Egyptian-Turkish consultations with one another began on Wednesday May 5, 2021, at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry’s headquarters; the talks were the first of their kind since 2013.  The Foreign Ministry said that the consultations will be led by Egyptian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ḥamdī Sanad Lūzā and Turkish Deputy of Foreign Affairs Sedat Önal over the course of two days.  The consultations will be exploratory to determine the steps necessary for the countries to normalize relations with one another bilaterally and regionally.