President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye said "imposing an arms embargo is necessary to increase international pressure on Israel." following his meeting with Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit of the League of Arab States.
The statement released by the Presidency of Türkiye reads as follows: "Regional and global issues, along with Israeli attacks on Palestinian and Lebanese territories, were discussed during the meeting. President Erdoğan stated that Israel is trying to expand the fire of conflict it has ignited in the Middle East to the entire region and aims to render Palestinians landless in their own homeland. The President called for a comprehensive arms embargo to increase the pressure on Israel."