Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday that “Israel’s aggressive attitude” forced Iran to “take legitimate action” in reaction.
Israeli Prime Minister « [Benyamin] Netanyahu is constantly opening new fronts in the region »continued Mr. Fidan during a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, in Istanbul, believing that “the risk of seeing the war spread to the entire region does not[eva]it not to be underestimated ». “Israel is trying to lure Iran into war”he insisted.
For his part, the head of Iranian diplomacy denounced “the Israeli regime [qui] knows no limits in the war crimes he commits”according to the translation of his remarks into English, adding that Tehran « salt[enai]t a permanent and immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon”.
Mr. Araghchi participated in a meeting in Istanbul on Friday “on the Caucasus” with the Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, under the aegis of Mr. Fidan. All were briefly received by the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
