TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel’s latest attack on Lebanon would lead to the spread of war to the region, while Israel’s genocide in Palestinian lands, especially in the Gaza Strip, also threatens peace in the region.
“The recent attacks on Lebanon and the recent statements made by Israel are clear manifestations of attempts to spread war to the region,” Erdogan said at an event organized by the Turkish-American National Steering Committee (TASC) in New York, United States (US), as reported by Anadolu, Tuesday (24/9).
Erdogan arrived in the US on Saturday (21/9) to deliver a speech at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday (24/9). “Global institutions and organizations have not taken effective steps to end the oppression in Gaza or prevent the Israeli massacre,” he added.
Stressing that the global system has begun to lose all its effectiveness and credibility, Erdogan said the institutions tasked with ensuring peace and security are clearly in a state of moral collapse. “The massacre that has taken place in Gaza for 352 days has shown this once again,” he added.
Turkey has made every effort to stop Israel’s policy of “occupation, invasion and massacre” as soon as possible. “We have not remained silent and will not remain silent against any attack on the sanctity and historical status of Al-Aqsa Mosque, our first Qibla,” he stressed. (I-2)
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