Israeli gov't must not be allowed to violate cease-fire: Turkish President Erdogan

‘As alliance of humanity, we must work harder to ensure adherence to cease-fire,’ says Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged the international community to uphold its obligations to the people of Gaza. “The Israeli government must not be allowed to violate the cease-fire,” said Erdogan in a joint press conference with his Mongolian counterpart Ukhnaa Khurelsukh in the capital Ankara. The world “must fulfill its legal and moral responsibilities toward Gazans,” Erdogan said. “Despite losing more than 50,000 martyrs, mostly women and children, Gaza did not surrender, could not be subdued, and Gazans did not bow down to the oppressors,” Erdogan stressed. “As an alliance of humanity, we must work harder, especially from this point on, to ensure adherence to the cease-fire, and to heal the wounds in Gaza,” Erdogan noted. “Türkiye believes peace talks for an independent and sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital should begin as soon as possible,” Erdogan added. Khurelsukh, for his part, expressed his country’s gratitude for “Türkiye's efforts to establish peace on both global and regional scale.” Earlier on Thursday, Erdogan received Khurelsukh at the Presidential Complex in the capital Ankara. The joint press conference came following one-on-one and delegation-level meetings. Ukhnaa arrived in Türkiye on Wednesday for a five-day official visit.