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Turkish Overseas Minister Hakan Fidan stated Gaza has been remodeled from the most important open-air jail into the world’s largest open-air cemetery on account of Israel’s battle towards the Palestinians.
This was throughout a speech he delivered at a seminar within the Chinese language capital Beijing.
The Turkish minister added that the struggling of the Palestinian individuals isn’t new, nor did it begin on October 7 final 12 months, however has continued for a few years.
He defined that there isn’t a protected zone in Gaza and “all of us are witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe”.
He emphasised that since October, Turkey has continued to work exhausting to make sure a direct ceasefire, stop the enlargement of the battle, and supply steady and uninterrupted humanitarian help to the Gaza hall.
He identified that Turkey and China have reached a consensus on the necessity to set up an impartial, sovereign and unified Palestinian state throughout the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Fidan, however, warned of the hazards of terrorist teams within the area, particularly the PKK/YPG/HDP, ISIS and Gulen terrorist teams.
He identified that the terrorist group “YPG/PKK” continues to make use of the territory of Iraq and Syria to hold out assaults on Turkey.
However, the Turkish Overseas Minister acknowledged that relations with Central Asian nations are one of the distinguished instructions of Turkey’s overseas coverage.
Turkey-China relations
Concerning relations between Ankara and Beijing, Fidan pointed to the “wealthy cultural and historic ties” between the 2 nations and harassed that they kind the “basis of a powerful partnership” between the 2 nations.
He identified that the roots of technological exchanges between Turkey and China may be traced again to the times of the Ottoman Empire, which despatched pistol-carrying ambassadors and envoys to Asian nations for promotion.
The minister welcomed the continual growth of Turkey-China relations, particularly after the institution of a “strategic partnership” introduced in 2010.
He identified that China is Turkey’s largest buying and selling associate in Asia and the third largest buying and selling associate on this planet. In 2023, the commerce quantity between the 2 nations will exceed 48 billion US {dollars}, setting one other file excessive.
Fidan additionally talked in regards to the customs union settlement between Turkey and the EU, exhibiting Turkey’s geostrategic location extending from Europe to the Center East, North Africa and Central Asia.
He emphasised that Turkey’s geographical location additionally permits entry to a inhabitants of 1.5 billion and a market estimated at US$28 trillion via a flight of not more than 4 hours.
On this context, he emphasised the significance and necessity of cooperation between Turkey and China within the area of world provide corridors, particularly the connection between Turkey’s “Center Hall” plan and China’s “One Belt, One Highway” initiative.
He stated that the “Center Hall” has shortened the land distance between Europe and Asia by 2,000 kilometers and the ocean distance by 15 days.
He identified that these elements make the connection between the center hall and the “One Belt, One Highway” a matter in fact.
