ISTANBUL — The Turkish foreign minister withdrew at the last minute from a high-profile international security conference in Munich on Friday, after learning that Israeli diplomats might take part. The abrupt move was the latest twist in a bilateral relationship between Israel and Turkey that was once friendly but has become strained and bitter.
“I was going to attend the conference, but we decided not to after Israeli representatives were later added to the session on the Middle East,” the minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said on TRT, the state broadcaster.
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Jodi Rudoren contributed reporting from Jerusalem.
