Turkish PM reiterates support of Morsi as Egypt downgrades ties

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday responded to Egypt's decision of expelling the Turkish ambassador and downgrading diplomatic ties by reiterating his support for Egyptian ousted president Morsi, local Daily News reported. "We will have good relations with the ones who act positively to us. There can be quarrels sometimes but these can later be repaired," Erdogan said in Turkey's Trabzon on Saturday, without mentioning Egypt. "We can carefully and in a controlled manner start a new process when relations are bad with those who are good. This is diplomacy's rule and the logic of foreign policy," the Prime Minister added, making the gesture of "Rabaa" to show his support for Morsi. The four-finger sign of "Rabaa" is the symbol of pro-Morsi supporters at the protests in Rabaa al-Adawiyah Square in Cairo. Turkey Saturday declared Egypt's ambassador in Ankara as " persona non grata" in a reciprocal step after Cairo expelled its envoy over remarks made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday which Cairo deemed as "provocative."