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Erdogan: Israeli strikes on Iran aimed at derailing nuclear talks with US
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that Israel’s attacks on Iran right before a new round of nuclear talks with the United States aimed to sabotage the negotiations, and it showed Israel did not want to resolve issues through diplomacy.
Speaking at a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul, Erdogan urges countries with influence over Israel not to listen to its “poison” and to seek a solution to the fighting via dialogue without allowing a wider conflict.
He also calls on Muslim countries to increase their efforts to impose punitive measures against Israel on the basis of international law and United Nations resolutions.
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