Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Wednesday visited Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied 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.
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."
Earlier in the day, Çavuşoğlu visited the Holocaust Remembrance Museum "Yad Vashem" in West Jerusalem and laid a wreath in the museum hall.
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.
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.