Turkey's President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his Palestinian counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday held a
high-level meeting behind closed doors to discuss regional developments and steps to strengthen bilateral ties.
"
Turkey did not, will not remain silent about
Israel's atrocities in Palestine," Turkish leader Erdoğan stresses during the meeting with
Palestine head Abbas.
"Peace, stability in the region will not be possible as long as the
Israeli occupation continues," Erdoğan pointed out in his comments while warning about the
worsening situation in the Middle East.
He also voiced
contentment over the positive course of
bilateral relations with Palestine.
Erdoğan and Abbas had a one-on-one meeting that lasted for an hour and 15 minutes, followed by another
meeting also attended by
delegations for over an hour.
Turkey's Foreign Minister
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Communications Director
Fahrettin Altun, Presidential spokesperson
Ibrahim Kalın, and head of National Intelligence Organization
Hakan Fidan were present during the meeting.
