Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday in the course of his meetings in Egypt.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag also participated in an hour long meeting, Yenisafak reports.

Erdogan arrived in Cairo on September 12 within the framework of his four-day regional visit which also includes trips to Libya and Tunisia.