Turkiye confirms denial of airspace access to Israel President en route to COP29

Turkiye has confirmed reports that its government denied Israel’s President permission to enter Turkish airspace en route to Azerbaijan, amid the recent fallout in relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv. Israel’s delegation to the COP29 climate conference arrived in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on 11 November, according to reports, after having travelled there on commercial flights via Georgia. When Israeli President Isaac Herzog was scheduled to make his way to the summit , however, he announced he was cancelling his visit due to unspecified “security considerations”. Following that announcement, Israeli news outlet, Ynet, then reported that the trip was cancelled because Turkiye had refused Israeli President Herzog’s plane access to its airspace, with an unnamed Azerbaijani official reportedly saying that Tel […]