CAIRO
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi said Palestine was a state which was being occupied by Israel.
Mursi, in a press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that Turkey and Egypt were exerting efforts to restore peace in Gaza, adding that they, from the beginning, called on Israel to make peace and cease-fire.
Also commenting on Syrian crisis, Mursi said that regional and international efforts to end the crisis were continuing, and added that those efforts would be discussed in a summit which would take place in Pakistan on November 22.
Meanwhile, Turkey and Egypt signed 27 agreements on encouraging trade, cooperation on investments, education, infrastructure and health.
