A month and a half after Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin invited him to the Zionist entity, his Turkish counterpart officially turned down the visit invitation

A month and a half after Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin invited him to the Zionist entity, his Turkish counterpart Cemil Çiçek officially turned down the visit invitation, Turkish daily Hurriyet reported Wednesday.

The November 29, 2011 letter from Rivlin asked Çiçek to come to the occupying entity to improve bilateral ties between the two countries.

“The invitation will be considered when the bilateral relations become more favorable," Çiçek responded. “I am sure you know our expectations to enable our relations [to be] normalized.”