Foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey have underlined the need for developing diplomatic efforts to put pressure on Israel to accept a ceasefire and stop onslaught in the Gaza Strip, IRNA reports.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan held a phone conversation on Monday night in order to discuss mutual and regional issues, particularly the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Iran’s top diplomat described the United States’ all-out support for the Israel as the underlying matter, which emboldens it to “continue its war crimes”, and called for the end of the “atrocities and genocide” as well as the implementation of rescue operations in the war-stricken Gaza.
Amirabdollahian also attached importance to the development of mutual ties between Tehran and Ankara, as well as the upcoming meeting between presidents of both nations.
Fidan, for his part, pointed out to the eighth summit between high-ranking officials of the two countries in the near future, appreciating diplomatic endeavors made by Iran to help establish a truce in Gaza, naming the issue of Palestine as the focal point in today’s Islamic world.