Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that he could no longer see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as his “interlocutor”. His words are quoted RIA News.
According to the news agency, the Turkish leader talked about his attitude towards the Israeli prime minister on the plane returning from Astana. The summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was held in the capital of Kazakhstan.
“I don’t have any connections right now [с Израилем]. <…> I will say this: Netanyahu is no longer our interlocutor in any sense. Erdoğan said, “We overcame this.”
However, the President added that National Intelligence Agency Director İbrahim Kalın is still in contact with Israeli officials. He also holds talks with representatives of the Hamas movement and Palestine.
According to the Turkish leader, it is not possible to completely cut off relations. Especially when it comes to the field of international diplomacy, the president of the republic announced this.
12 October New Welfare Party Chairman Fatih Erbakan in the name The government will deport Israel’s ambassador to Ankara. He also noted that Turkey’s ambassador to the Jewish state should be recalled immediately, but so far the country’s authorities have not made appropriate decisions.
Previously Erdogan accused The Israeli government for its crimes against humanity.