Turkey denies requesting to attend Arab League Summit

Turkish Foreign Ministry has denied news reports that it requested to attend the 26th annual Arab League Summit that started on Saturday in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

"The news, originated in the Egyptian media, claiming that Turkey had requested to participate in the League of Arab States Summit meeting being held on 28-29 March 2015 are groundless," said Tanju Bilgic, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement Saturday.

Turkey has not made such a request, Bilgiç stressed.

The statement came in response to a press question regarding a recent news story in Egyptian media that claimed that Turkey's participation in the Summit was prevented.