In video: Foreign Minister Eli Cohen landed in Turkey for a solidarity visit after the earthquake, February 14, 2023 (Foreign Ministry spokeswoman)
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlot Çavuşoğlu said today (Tuesday) in statements to the media at the end of his meeting with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in Ankara that the situation in the West Bank and Jerusalem should be calmed down for the month of Ramadan.
Minister Cohen arrived this morning for his first visit to Turkey since the establishment of the new government.
After his meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Cohen is expected to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The visit comes against the background of the severe earthquake in which tens of thousands of Turkish citizens perished.
Israel sent a large expedition to assist in the rescue and rescue, and even established a field hospital in the disaster area.
Later today, Cohen is expected to arrive in the area and meet with the Israeli aid teams.
Eli Cohen after his landing in Turkey.
This morning (photo: official website, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
The Turkish foreign minister acknowledged at length Koen for the Israeli aid after the earthquake.
Cohen, for his part, emphasized Israel's commitment to continue providing support and assistance as needed for the benefit of the Turkish people.
Çavuşoğlu told Cohen in statements to the media after the meeting that Turkey is concerned about the escalation in the West Bank and the decision to advance construction in the settlements, which he claims could increase tensions.
He added that the status quo must be maintained at Al-Aqsa Mosque and emphasized that Cohen had promised him that this would be the case.
"This is a sensitive issue for the world and for Israel," said the Turkish Foreign Minister.
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More than 33 thousand people perished in the disaster that struck Syria and Turkey.
This is the deadliest noise in the country since 1939, and the number of victims is expected to continue to grow alongside some exciting moments of successful rescues.
In the morning, a woman named Sibal Kaya, 40, was pulled from the rubble in Gaziantep province, about 170 hours after the first of two major earthquakes that shook the region.
In Kahramanmarsh, rescuers made contact with three survivors buried under the rubble, apparently a mother, her daughter and a baby.
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