2023-11-04 21:54:42
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he was cutting off all contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Ankara announced that it was recalling its ambassador, due to the actions perpetrated by Israel in the Gaza Strip.
“Netanyahu is no longer someone we can talk to. We gave up on him” said Mr. Erdogan, according to comments reported by Turkish media.
Shortly following, Turkey announced the recall of its ambassador to Israel for consultations, due to Israel’s refusal to accept a ceasefire in Gaza.
It was only last year that the two countries appointed ambassadors once more, following a decade of almost frozen relations. And they had resumed discussions on the construction of an oil pipeline, a project supported by the United States and which might have laid the basis for more lasting cooperation between the two countries.
But on Saturday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced that Ambassador Sakir Ozkan Torunlar had been recalled considering “of the ongoing humanitarian tragedy in Gaza caused by Israel’s continued attacks on civilians and Israel’s refusal (to accept) a ceasefire“.
On October 25, the Turkish president, who met Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time in September in New York, announced that he was abandoning all his plans to travel to Israel, claiming to have been “abused” by the Israeli Prime Minister.
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