Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called this Friday to establish a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.
Erdogan also vowed to continue efforts to end the conflict sparked by Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel in early October.
“Our priority is to quickly establish a humanitarian ceasefire,” he said at the 10th summit of Turkmen states in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
“We are working on new mechanisms that guarantee the security of everyone, be they Muslims, Christians or Jews,” Erdogan said at the summit, which also included the heads of state of Azerbaijan, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
“Our efforts to lay the foundation for an international peace conference continue,” he added.
Thousands of civilians have been killed in the Gaza Strip and in Israel, which has continuously bombed the Gaza Strip in response to the Hamas attack.
“To put it bluntly: crimes against humanity were committed in the Gaza Strip for exactly 28 days,” the Turkish leader added.
At the end of October, Erdogan accused Israel of “war crimes” and the West of being “primarily responsible for the massacres in the Gaza Strip.” These statements led Israel to a diplomatic protest.
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s largest economies, announced they were sending $1 million and $1.5 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza, respectively.
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