President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President Joe Biden of the U.S.
The call addressed Israel’s attacks on Palestinian territories, particularly Gaza, the Türkiye-U.S. bilateral relations and Sweden’s NATO membership process as well as global and regional issues.
President Erdoğan stated that the humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Gaza must be stopped immediately, that the withdrawal of the unconditional support the U.S. provides to Israel may ensure a ceasefire quickly, that this demand is being voiced more loudly in recent days both by the world and the U.S. public opinion, and that it is the historical responsibility of the U.S. to achieve a lasting ceasefire in the region without delay.
President Erdoğan noted that the deepening and prolongation of Israel’s attacks may have negative regional and global consequences, and that the most reasonable and permanent solution is to implement the guarantor mechanism put forward by Türkiye, keep the promises made and to establish an independent, sovereign and territorially-integrated State of Palestine within the 1967 borders, with Al-Quds as its capital.
The F-16 issue was also discussed during the call.