The offices of the two leaders announced on Thursday evening that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Turkey on July 28 for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The Turkish presidency stated that Netanyahu’s reception comes just a few days after the expected reception of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on July 25. The presidency said in a statement that "President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will host Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Turkey during the same week."

The statement added that the leaders will discuss "Turkish-Palestinian relations and the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as other current international issues."

Netanyahu's office confirmed the visit, which is the first for an Israeli Prime Minister since Ehud Olmert in 2008.

Last year, President Isaac Herzog met with Erdoğan in Turkey, and then-Prime Minister Yair Lapid met with Erdoğan in New York in the fall.

This diplomatic move by Turkey comes at a time when the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has stalled, amidst the worst violence in years in the West Bank.

In April, clashes erupted inside Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, where Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside the compound, and Erdoğan stated that Israel had crossed the "red line."

However, after several years of tension between the two countries, relations between Turkey and Israel improved over the past year, with several high-level visits, including that of Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

Relations soured in 2010 following an Israeli raid on the Mavi Marmara ship headed to Gaza, which was part of a maritime convoy to breach the blockade, resulting in the deaths of 10 Turkish activists who attacked Israeli soldiers on board the ship.

Relations later saw a moderate improvement, but both countries withdrew their ambassadors in 2018 after Erdoğan leveled accusations of "state terrorism" and "genocide" against Israel when dozens of Palestinians were killed in riots in Gaza on May 14 of that year, the same day then-U.S. President Donald Trump controversially moved the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.