NATO Summit to Raise Massacres in Gaza
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has headed to Washington to attend NATO leaders’ summit in the US capital on July 9-11.
“During NATO leaders’ summit, we will raise massacres of the Palestinian people in Gaza, where our shared values are going through sincerity test,” said Erdogan during a press conference on Tuesday ahead of his departure for Washington.
“We will emphasise that the international community has failed to stop Israel and that the global conscience will not be able to breathe a sigh of relief until a just and lasting peace is established in Palestine,” said Erdogan, adding that he will also discuss Ankara’s assessments during bilateral meetings with the leaders of the allied countries.
Erdogan added: “We patiently follow the process (Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha). Our intelligence chief and foreign minister follow it. Hopefully, we’ll get the expected results soon.”
Ronen Bar, the head of Israel’s Shin Bet internal security services, and CIA Director William Burns arrived in Egypt on Monday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner swap deal between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.
The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, David Barnea, will travel to Qatar on Wednesday to meet with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, CIA director Burns, and Egypt’s intelligence chief Abbas Kamel.
For months, efforts by the US, Qatar, and Egypt to mediate an agreement between Israel and Hamas for a hostage exchange and ceasefire have been hampered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of Hamas’ call to halt hostilities.
