Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his German counterpart Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel will eet in Berlin on Wednesday to discuss moves for normalization of relations between the two countries, RIA Novosti reported quoting German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer.

 According to Schaefer, Gabriel and Cavusoglu held a phone call Friday over recent tensions between the two countries.

Tensions between Ankara and Berlin further escalated last week after German media and politicians sharply criticized Turkey for the pre-trial detention of Die Welt's Istanbul correspondent Deniz Yucel on charges of terror propaganda. The German chancellor Angela Merkel demanded from Ankara to release Yucel and to observe freedom of media.