Israeli and Turkish Presidents Isaac Herzog Recep Tayyip Erdogan have announced that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Israel next month, but apparently caught the Israeli Foreign Ministry by surprise, writes the Times of Israel.

The Duke said that Cavusoglu is expected to meet with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. According to media reports, they will discuss opening embassies in both countries.

But later it turned out that neither Lapid nor his ministry knew or agreed to such a visit.

According to Channel 13, Duke and Lapid's administration offices are trying to sort out the misunderstanding. A spokesman for Lapid told reporters that Cavusoglu had expressed interest in visiting, but the visit had not yet been scheduled.

Cavusoglu spoke with Lapid on January 22, marking the first telephone conversation between the foreign ministries of the two countries in 13 years.

The Duke's trip to Ankara on Wednesday was the highest-level visit by an Israeli official since former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited Turkey in 2008.

The Duke and Erdogan raised the issue of establishing a problem-solving mechanism, and said such a mechanism would be further developed during Cavusoglu's proposed visit.

Erdogan said he believes the Duke's historic visit will be a turning point in relations between Turkey and Israel. 

Despite high hopes for a possible diplomatic breakthrough during the meetings, the parties do not plan to discuss or announce the appointment of full ambassadors in each other's capitals, a source in the Foreign Ministry told The Times of Israel.