“A ceasefire must be reached and bloodshed in Gaza must end”
18.07.2014
President Gül met with President Abbas of Palestine at Atatürk Airport where the two leaders held a press conference. The Israeli assaults have targeted the Palestinians and their unity, declared the President, maintaining: “Israel is bothered most by the fact that the Palestinians have achieved unity and solidarity. Our first priority today is that a ceasefire must be reached. Turkey will continue to stand by the Palestinian cause and its state and to demonstrate its solidarity with Palestine at the highest level.”
President Abdullah Gül met with President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine at Atatürk Airport.
“OUR PRIORITY IS THAT A CEASEFIRE MUST BE ACHIEVED”
The whole world, President Gül noted, is following Israel’s assaults on Gaza with a great concern and reiterated that the Palestinian people have suffered from sorrows and agonies and they have been faced with brutalities for 6 decades are now going through similar agonies. Pointing out that after the last meeting he had with President Abbas, affirmative developments were witness in Palestine, President Gül said the Palestinians reached a solidarity and unity, adding that they began to defend their cause in a stronger way in this unity even in the international arena, However, he noted, the Israeli assaults have targeted the Palestinians and their unity. Israel is bothered most by the fact that the Palestinians have achieved unity and solidarity. “Our first priority is that a ceasefire must be reached and that an agreement like that achieved in 2012 can be made again. In the meantime, the Palestinians including the people of Gaza who have been going through great difficulties due to the embargo imposed upon them should be provided with the humanitarian aid. A permanent resolution based on a two-state vision must also be achieved regarding this issue. But above all, a ceasefire must be established, Israel must stop all its operations against Gaza and the bloodshed must end as well.”
Turkey, the President declared, will continue to stand by the Palestinian cause and its state and to demonstrate its solidarity with Palestine at the highest level.
PRESIDENT ABBAS: ISRAEL DOES NOT WANT TO SEE A PALESTINE IN UNITY
As for President Abbas, he offered his thanks to President Gül and the Turkish government for their support for Palestine and said they are in close consultations with the Turkish government. He further declared that they regard Turkey as their main partner in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel, he noted, does not want to see a Palestine in unity nor does it want a Palestine which is a member in the international organizations including the UN. “Israel is creating excuses all the time in order to undermine our unity and agreement among us and so that an independent state of Palestine whose capital is Jerusalem cannot be established.”
The Palestinian President further maintained that they are making every effort along with the friends of Palestine including the Muslim and Arab countries in order that a ceasefire can be established without delay.
