Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday spoke out against “Israeli oppression” in the Gaza Strip, following a summit of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation in Istanbul, Anadolu Agency reports. “In Istanbul, we (D-8 countries) declare together to the whole world that we are not silent in face of Israeli oppression in Gaza and we cannot remain silent,” Hakan Fidan said at a joint news conference held after the Extraordinary Developing-8 Countries Foreign Ministers Council Meeting. Fidan’s delivered his remarks at the Dolmabahce Presidential Working Office after the high-profile meeting, where the ministers of the D-8 countries — Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkiye — gathered to discuss pressing global issues. He stressed the need for […]
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