Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan told Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Wednesday that the international community must urgently implement a solution to stop Israel's aggression, the Turkish presidency said, adding he had also voiced support for Lebanon.
A NATO member, Türkiye has denounced Israel's devastating military offensive in Gaza prompted by Palestinian militant group Hamas' cross-border attack last Oct. 7.
Türkiye halted all trade with Israel and applied to join a genocide case against Israel at the World Court.
Türkiye’s presidency said Erdoğan told Mikati in a meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York that the international community must urgently implement a solution to stop "Israel's aggression."
"President Erdoğan said Israel was disregarding fundamental human rights, committing a genocide in front of the world, noting that stopping this and the humanitarian crisis that emerged as a result of the attacks was a humanitarian duty," the presidency said in a statement.