Turkey has submitted a joint letter to the UN, signed by 52 countries and two organizations, demanding a halt to the supply and delivery of weapons to Israel, the Turkish Foreign Minister announced on Sunday.
“We wrote a joint letter calling on all countries to stop the sale of arms and ammunition to Israel. We delivered this letter, which has 54 signatories, to the UN on November 1,” Hakan Fidan said during a press conference in Djibouti where he went for a meeting of the Turkey-Africa Partnership.
“We must repeat at every opportunity that selling weapons to Israel means participating in its genocide,” added Mr. Fidan, who clarified that the letter is “an initiative launched by Turkey.” The letter was signed by 52 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Algeria, China, Iran and Russia, and two organizations, the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
In mid-October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the United Nations to decree an arms embargo on Israel, which he said would be an “effective solution” to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip.
“We have written a joint letter calling on all countries to stop the sale of arms and ammunition to Israel. We…
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