Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the most popular figure across the Arab world due to his staunch support for Gazans, has said he is planning to visit Gaza after his trip to Egypt later this month.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday ahead of his visit to Turkish Cyprus, Erdoğan said he wants to visit Gaza, but that plans are not definite yet.
"If conditions are right, I will consider a visit to Gaza," Erdoğan said, adding that the Turkish Foreign Ministry is currently working on it and that his plans to visit Gaza will be shaped according to the results of the ministry's preparations, Today's Zaman reported.
Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said in a televised interview last Wednesday that Erdoğan is expected to proceed to Egypt after his visit to Turkish Cyprus. But he also said that his visit to Egypt will be in 10 days, or around July 23.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu also planned to visit Gaza during his scheduled visit to Israel in 2009, but later changed his mind about the trip to the Jewish state because of Israeli objection to Davutoğlu's desire to also visit Gaza as well as other Palestinian territories. more
Comments
Post a Comment