Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has discussed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin recent developments of the new round of military escalation between the Israelis and Palestinians.
The Turkish presidency issued a statement today, Wednesday, says that Erdogan talked on the phone to Putin.
Erdoğan condemned in the strongest terms what he describes as the Israeli reckless assaults on the Palestinian civilians in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip.
The Turkish president stressed that the international community should give Israel a deterrent strong lesson.
Erdoğan pledges that Turkey will continue in her initiatives at all levels.
The Turkish president referred to the importance of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement, which stipulates the need to settle the conflict within the framework of United Nations resolutions and based on the two-state solution.
He added that showing consensus between Ankara and Moscow regarding the latest developments in Jerusalem constitutes an "important message."
Erdoğan stressed the importance of the UN Security Council intervening and sending "decisive and clear signals to Israel about the need to stop its attacks" to avoid the further escalation of tensions in the Holy Land.
He also declared, according to the statement, "the need to study the idea of sending international forces to the region to protect Palestinian civilians."
He expressed his conviction that Ankara and Moscow will cooperate closely with the United Nations on all the aforementioned issues.
The Russian and Turkish leaders, according to the Kremlin statement, called on all parties to reduce tension and peacefully settle the existing issues.
They referred to the principled positions of Russia and Turkey in support of a settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in accordance with the two-state solution based on internationally recognized legal standards, stressing the special role that the International Quartet (i.e. Russia, the European Union, the United Nations, and the United States) plays in helping to advance the negotiation process.
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