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Turkish top diplomat pays visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Wednesday visited Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem.

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Turkish top diplomat pays visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Wednesday visited Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem.

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Turkish top diplomat pays visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem

He also visited the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf and met with its Director Azzam al-Khatib.

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Turkish top diplomat pays visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem

The Al-Aqsa Mosque is managed by the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf-a religious trust affiliated with the Jordanian Ministry of Awqaf Islamic Affairs and Holy Places.

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Turkish top diplomat pays visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem

According to diplomatic sources, during his meeting with al-Khatib, Çavuşoğlu said: "Al-Aqsa Mosque is in the prayers of the Turkish nation. We have openly expressed Turkey's sensitivity toward Jerusalem and Masjid al-Aqsa to the Israeli side."

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Turkish top diplomat pays visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem

After meeting with the Waqf authorities, he also visited the Dome of the Rock.

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Turkish top diplomat pays visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem

Earlier in the day, Çavuşoğlu visited the Holocaust Remembrance Museum "Yad Vashem" in West Jerusalem and laid a wreath in the museum hall.

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Turkish top diplomat pays visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem

Çavuşoğlu also met his Israeli counterpart in West Jerusalem. The two emphasized the importance of durable bilateral relations and cooperation in a joint press conference.

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Turkish top diplomat pays visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem

His engagements in West Jerusalem were followed by a visit to Palestine on Tuesday, where he met President Mahmoud Abbas and Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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Turkish top diplomat pays visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem

In March, Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Ankara and met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

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Turkish top diplomat pays visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem