Turkey's foreign ministry has sent a letter to the UN, signed by 52 countries and two organisations, calling for a halt to arms supplies to Israel.
"We have written a joint letter calling on all countries to stop selling arms and ammunition to Israel. On November 1, we handed over this letter, signed by 54 countries, to the UN," Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said at a press conference in Djibouti, where he was attending a summit on the Turkey-Africa partnership, Anatolian news agency reported.
"We must repeat at every opportunity that selling arms to Israel means participating in its genocide," Fidan said, specifying that the letter was "an initiative taken by Turkey."
The signatories include Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Algeria, China, Iran and Russia, while the two organisations are the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Last month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the United Nations to impose an arms embargo on Israel, which he said would be an "effective solution" to end the Gaza conflict. | BGNES
