Senior Israeli and Turkish diplomats have recently held a secret meeting in the Italian capital city of Rome and renewed conciliation talks between the two estranged states, Hürriyet Daily News reported Tuesday.

“After over a year of deep freeze in Israeli-Turkish ties, talks about a reconciliation agreement between the two nations have resumed with a secret meeting between Foreign Minister Director General Dore Gold and his Turkish counterpart, [Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary] Feridun Sinirlioğlu,” English-language daily Haaretz reported late June 22.