Türkiye has ramped up its diplomatic efforts to ease the escalating Israeli-Palestinian stress and violence.
To that finish, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a telephone name with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday.
The leaders of the 2 Muslim-majority nations mentioned the worsening state of affairs within the Middle East as Israel adopted a struggle posture in response to a shock assault by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.
Also Monday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a telephone name with the British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.
Fidan and Cleverly additionally mentioned the Israel-Palestine state of affairs at size, Turkish diplomatic sources stated.
Earlier Sunday, Minister Fidan held a sequence of calls with the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Blinken inspired Ankara’s continued engagement and highlighted the U.S.’ concentrate on halting assaults by Hamas and securing the discharge of hostages, the State Department stated in an announcement.
Also on Sunday, President Erdoğan stated Türkiye was decided to ramp up diplomatic efforts to attain calm within the combating between Israel and Palestinian teams, however added {that a} two-state resolution was the one method to obtain regional peace.
Speaking in Istanbul, Erdoğan repeated a name for each side to keep away from steps that may exacerbate the battle and added that the Israeli-Palestinian battle was on the root of all issues within the Middle East.
“So long as this problem is not resolved in a fair way, our region will continue to live in longing of peace,” he stated.
“Lasting regional peace will only be possible by finding a final solution to the Palestinian-Israeli issue. In this regard, as we have always underlined, the preservation of the two-state solution perspective is very important.”
He added the formation of an unbiased Palestinian state, according to the borders set out in 1967, with its territorial integrity intact, and with Jerusalem as its capital was now “a necessity that cannot be delayed.”
“As justice is delayed, unfortunately, the price of this is paid by Palestinians, Israelis, and our whole region,” Erdoğan stated.
Source: www.dailysabah.com