Key facts
- Turkish President Erdogan accused Israel of seeking to remove Palestine from the world's agenda.
- Erdogan vowed Turkey's resolute support for a sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
- Pakistan stated that Israeli opposition to a Palestinian state is a 'serious setback' to peace.
- Pakistan affirmed that Palestinian statehood has established international legality.
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked Turkey for its support.
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 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. 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, asserting that Israel is undermining its existence and the international community cannot remain indifferent. He also condemned Israel's "unlawful actions" in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.