President Erdoğan calls for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Erdoğan spoke at a joint press conference with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq bin Taymur Al Said of Oman. President Erdoğan stated, "We cannot achieve global peace unless a permanent ceasefire is established in Gaza."

Highlights from President Erdoğan's remarks:

-I would like to thank him for the strong solidarity he displayed following the earthquake disaster that occurred in our country last year. 

-His efforts to establish peace are commendable. I presented the State Medal to Haitham bin Tariq.

-We are striving to give our relations an institutional status. We have decided to develop our relations in areas such as foreign affairs, economy, industry, investment, culture, and livestock.

-We plan to increase our foreign trade volume to 5 billion dollars in the first stage. 

-I hope that the Omani delegation will achieve concrete results from the meeting they will hold with representatives of the Turkish business world tomorrow.

-We will add a new dimension to our relations by purchasing liquefied gas from Oman.

-We also comprehensively reviewed the developments in our region. We attach importance to consultation and cooperation with Oman.

-We emphasized that the Islamic world needs to engage in more concrete and comprehensive cooperation against Israel's massacres in Palestine.

-I welcome the positive outcome of the negotiations for a ceasefire in Lebanon. 

-We cannot achieve global peace unless an urgent, fair, and permanent ceasefire is established in Gaza. The US President's statement that he will initiate ceasefire efforts in Gaza is a long-overdue but important step. As Turkey, we will not hesitate to do our part.