The conflict in Gaza topped the agenda as Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi met in Ankara.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he and his Iranian counterpart have agreed to keep away from steps that would threaten Center East stability, throughout a go to to Ankara by Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi.
At a information convention after the assembly on Wednesday, Erdogan mentioned the pair had mentioned ending Israel’s “inhumane” assaults on Gaza and the crucial for honest and lasting peace within the area.
“We agreed on the importance of refraining from steps that will further threaten the security and stability of our region,” he mentioned, including that that they had additionally agreed to proceed cooperation towards cross-border threats.
Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu, reporting from Ankara, mentioned the principle agenda of the assembly was Israel’s ongoing conflict on Gaza.
“No one expects the two leaders to stop what’s going on in Gaza, but at least what they aim is to contain the escalation, the growing crisis in region, especially in Yemen, in the Red Sea areas,” Koseoglu mentioned.
“President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that they are committed to the fight against terrorism,” she added.
Turkey, which has been vocal in its condemnation of Israel’s assaults on Gaza, has referred to as for a direct ceasefire and backed authorized steps for Israel to be tried for genocide.
Nonetheless, Ankara has maintained its business ties with Israel, prompting criticism at house and in Iran.
Iran leads what it calls the “axis of resistance” that features Hamas, Yemen’s Houthis, and different Shia Muslim teams within the area which have confronted Israel and its Western allies.
In an indication that the conflict on Gaza threatens to spill over into the broader area, the USA and United Kingdom have struck targets in Yemen in response to Houthi assaults on ships within the Pink Sea.
The Houthis have mentioned their assaults within the busy waterway are aimed toward ships with hyperlinks to Israel and they’ll proceed so long as the conflict on Gaza continues.
Erdogan has condemned the US and UK’s assaults on Yemen and referred to as them a disproportionate use of pressure.
Raisi accused the US of supporting what he known as Israel’s crimes towards Palestinians in Gaza and repeated his name for Muslim nations to chop ties with the “Zionist regime”.
“What is happening in Palestine and Gaza is a crime against humanity … and the United States and the West are supporting these crimes,” he mentioned on Wednesday.
“Cutting economic and political ties with this regime can certainly have an impact on the Zionist regime to end its crimes.”
Turkey and Iran have had difficult ties because of a number of points, together with the Syrian civil conflict.
Ankara-backed rebels have tried to oust Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, whereas Tehran supported his authorities.
Just lately, Turkey has taken steps to enhance ties with Damascus.