Key points
- Around 40 diplomats join the weekend gathering of OIC
- “I call on countries with influence over Israel not to listen to its poison”: Erdogan
ISLAMABAD: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the “biggest obstacle” to regional peace.
Erdogan’s remarks came during his address at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, with the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in attendance along with his counterparts from tens of Muslim countries.
“I call on countries with influence over Israel not to listen to its poison,” the Turkish president stressed, adding that a “solution must be found via dialogue”.
“Total disaster”
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday told counterparts from Muslim-majority countries that Israel is pushing the region to total disaster with attacks on Iran.
The international community must prevent the Iran-Israel war from spiralling into wider conflict, the Turkish FM told the OIC.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Istanbul for a meeting with Arab League diplomats and to attend the OIC FMs conference, according to Reuters.
Around 40 diplomats were slated to join the weekend gathering of the OIC, as Israel and Iran continue to exchange missile strikes.
“The Foreign Minister arrived in Istanbul this morning to participate in the OIC Foreign Ministers’ meeting,” Tasnim news agency reported.
