Turkey: We must end the massacre, truce not enough

FOREIGN MINISTER FIDAN SAYS GAZA'S FUTURE MUST BE RUN BY PALESTINIANS

- BY STEPHEN N. R.

From Left: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sultan Bin Saad Bin Sultan Al Muraikhi; Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar; Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud; Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan; Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi; Indonesia's Foreign Minister, Sugiono; and UAE Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Khalifa Bin Shaheen Al Marar, in Istanbul yesterday.

(AFP)

Turkey yesterday called on Israel to halt what it described as repeated violations of the US-backed ceasefire in Gaza and to allow unrestricted access for humanitarian aid.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, speaking after a ministerial meeting in Istanbul attended by his counterparts from the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan, Indonesia, said the group discussed the fragile truce and efforts to shape Gaza's postwar future.