Netanyahu biggest obstacle to regional peace, says Erdogan at OIC meeting

Accusing Western leaders of ‘unconditional support’ to Israel, Turkish person says his state volition not let Middle East borders to beryllium redrawn ‘in blood’.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the “biggest obstacle to determination peace” and that Israeli attacks connected Iran close earlier a caller circular of nuclear talks with the United States aimed to sabotage the negotiations.

Addressing Arab League diplomats during a gathering of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) successful Istanbul connected Saturday, Erdogan urged countries with power implicit Israel not to perceive to its “poison” and to question a solution to the fighting via dialog without allowing a wider conflict.

Israeli attacks connected Iran amusement that Netanyahu “and his authorities … bash not privation immoderate issues oregon immoderate matters to beryllium solved diplomatically,” said Erdogan.

“Netanyahu’s Zionist ambitions person nary different intent than to resistance our portion and … the full satellite into a large disaster,” helium added.

Erdogan accused the Western leaders of providing “unconditional support” to Israel. He said Turkiye would not let borders successful the Middle East to beryllium redrawn “in blood”.

“It is captious for america to amusement much solidarity to extremity Israel’s banditry – not lone successful Palestine but besides successful Syria, successful Lebanon and successful Iran,” helium told the OIC gathering.

The 57-member OIC, founded successful 1969, says its ngo is to “safeguard and support the interests of the Muslim satellite successful the tone of promoting planetary bid and harmony”.

Speaking earlier Erdogan, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan accused Israel of starring the Middle East towards “total disaster” by attacking Iran.

“Israel is present starring the portion to the brink of full catastrophe by attacking Iran, our neighbour,” helium said. “There is nary Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Yemeni oregon Iranian occupation but determination is intelligibly an Israeli problem.”

Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu, reporting from Istanbul, said Turkiye arsenic the existent OIC seat sees itself well-placed successful helping to find a solution to the Israel-Iran conflict.

“It is simply a NATO subordinate state placed betwixt the Western and Muslim worlds, and has beardown bilateral relations with Iran, the Western satellite and the United States. And until a fewer years ago, it had beardown relations with Israel,” she said.

On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his state was lone prepared to prosecute with the US if Israel stops its attacks connected Iran.

“Iran is acceptable to see diplomacy erstwhile again and erstwhile the aggression is stopped and the aggressor is held accountable for the crimes committed,” said Araghchi.

“We enactment the continuation of treatment with [Britain, France, Germany and the EU] and explicit our readiness to conscionable again successful the adjacent future.”