Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will head to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, tomorrow, Sunday, as part of Ankara’s efforts to increase the number of countries that recognize the State of Palestine.
Local diplomatic sources said on Saturday that Fidan will visit Riyadh on Sunday and Monday, during which he will hold discussions with the rest of the members of the ministerial committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit.
These sources indicated that the members of the ministerial committee are expected to meet with foreign ministers of Western countries in the coming period, and that Fidan will hold bilateral discussions and meetings in the capital, Riyadh, that will focus on the latest developments in events in Gaza.
According to these diplomatic sources, Turkey’s main priority is to stop the ongoing massacres in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible and focus on possible methods to stop the massacres in Gaza, mobilize the international community and ways to implement the two-state solution to find a pe
rmanent solution to the current injustice in Gaza.
They explained that delivering humanitarian aid urgently and without interruption to the Gaza Strip is also among Turkey’s priorities, and that Ankara will continue its diplomatic efforts to overcome the current obstacles hindering the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Diplomatic sources indicated that Turkey stresses the need for Israel to comply with the Security Council resolution taken last March regarding a ceasefire in Gaza and allowing the entry of humanitarian aid, in addition to the measures announced by the International Court of Justice.
The diplomatic sources said that Ankara is continuing its efforts to secure the recognition of the State of Palestine by more countries, and it emphasizes this point in all meetings and communications of its officials, and that it is not possible to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East until the establishment of an independent, sovereign, geographically integrated Palestinian state within the 1967
borders with East Quds as its capital.
Turkish diplomatic sources warned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to drag the region into a war ‘in order to secure his stay in power,’ criticizing ‘some countries’ for remaining silent regarding Israeli practices in Gaza.
These sources called on those who support Netanyahu ‘unconditionally to reconsider their position urgently, and “we do not want other parties to bring their own conflicts to this region.’
Source: National Iraqi News Agency