Turkiye’s Erdogan tells British PM Sunak: West needs to keep promises to Palestinians

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, in a call that Western countries should refrain from “provocative steps” regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Turkish Presidency said, Reuters reports.

Erdogan also told Sunak that Western powers must “remember the unkept promises to Palestine and do what is necessary”, the Presidency said on social messaging platform X.

It said the two also discussed the resolution of the “grave humanitarian crisis” in Gaza.

Erdogan, in a phone call with UK PM Sunak, also said steps needed to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict and to get humanitarian aid into Gaza were discussed.

Sunak shared on platform X earlier today:

‘I am in Israel, a nation in grief. I grieve with you and stand with you against the evil that is terrorism. Today, and always.’

I am in Israel, a nation in grief.

I grieve with you and stand with you against the evil that is terrorism.

Today, and always.

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— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) October 19, 2023