Key facts
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of aiming to remove Palestine from the global agenda.
- Erdogan stated this objective is being pursued by profiting from regional chaos and conflicts.
- He vowed Turkey's resolute support for a sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
- Erdogan condemned Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked Turkey for its support and highlighted the importance of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Israeli government of seeking to "remove Palestine" from the world's agenda by exploiting regional chaos and conflicts. Speaking at a joint news conference in Ankara with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Erdogan stated that "no matter what they do, they will not succeed" and that the Palestinian cause would continue to grow in people's hearts.
Erdogan vowed that Turkey would "resolutely" work for the establishment of a sovereign and geographically contiguous Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the 1967 borders. He asserted that the existence of a sovereign Palestinian state is being undermined by Israel and that the international community cannot remain indifferent.