Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday spoke out in opposition to “Israeli oppression” within the Gaza Strip, following a summit of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation in Istanbul.
“In Istanbul, we (D-8 countries) declare together to the whole world that we are not silent in face of Israeli oppression in Gaza and we cannot remain silent,” Hakan Fidan stated at a joint news convention held after the Extraordinary Developing-8 Countries Foreign Ministers Council Meeting.
Fidan’s delivered his remarks on the Dolmabahce Presidential Working Office after the high-profile assembly, the place the ministers of the D-8 international locations — Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Türkiye — gathered to debate urgent world points.
He harassed the necessity for constant worldwide ideas, drawing parallels between world reactions to conflicts in several areas.
“Those who oppose occupation in Ukraine consider resistance to occupation in Palestine a crime. Gaza has shown the helplessness and inadequacy of the international system in all its starkness,” Fidan asserted.
The D-8 Organization, established in 1997, goals to reinforce financial cooperation amongst its member states. However, latest geopolitical tensions have seen the group more and more vocal on world political points, notably these affecting Muslim-majority international locations.
Israel has continued its brutal offensive on Gaza since a Hamas assault final Oct. 7 regardless of a UN Security Council decision demanding a right away cease-fire
More than 36,700 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them ladies and youngsters, and over 83,500 others injured, in accordance with native well being authorities.
Eight months into the Israeli conflict, huge tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water, and medication.
Israel stands accused of genocide on the International Court of Justice, whose newest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to right away halt its operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place over one million Palestinians had sought refuge from the conflict earlier than it was invaded on May 6.
Source: www.anews.com.tr