Turkey's Erdoğan reiterates call for defending status of Jerusalem
Turkish President Erdoğan said during a joint news conference that he invited once again all UN member nations to defend the historical status of Jerusalem.
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 19 December 2017
- Modified Date: 07:42 | 19 December 2017
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday renewed his call on UN member nations to back the status of the contested city Jerusalem.
"I invite once again all UN member nations to defend the historical status of Jerusalem," Erdoğan said during a joint news conference with his Djiboutian counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh in the capital Ankara.
"We, as Turkey, will continue to follow this issue till the end," Erdoğan added.
On Monday, the U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that rejected the establishment of diplomatic facilities in the contested city of Jerusalem, breaking with the rest of the council.
The move comes less than two weeks after Washington moved to recognize the holy city as Israel's capital and began the process to move its embassy there from Tel Aviv -- the city where all other nations house their main diplomatic facilities.
Fourteen council members voted in favor of the Egyptian-sponsored resolution that would have demanded U.S. President Donald Trump reverse course on the decision. The U.S. was the sole dissenting vote.