Following the most recent Israeli police raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, Türkiye‘s presidential spokesman referred to as on worldwide group on Wednesday to place stress on Tel Aviv over the incident.
In an unique interview with Anadolu, İbrahim Kalın condemned the “reckless attack” by Israeli forces within the strongest phrases.
Kalın stated the most recent assaults on Al-Aqsa and arrests of Palestinian civilians had been a way for the Israeli authorities to “cover up its own internal predicament,” referring to weeks-long unrest over a judicial overhaul proposal by the administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Turkish official additionally harassed that Ankara would proceed to “oppose any attempt to change the religious and historical status of Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque.”
On Sweden‘s bid to hitch NATO, Kalın stated that the Nordic nation wanted solely to satisfy its pledges to Ankara to develop into a member of the alliance.
“Our demands have yet to be met. Sweden has steps to take. The process will progress in accordance with the steps to be taken by Sweden,” he added.
On Türkiye-U.S. relations and sale of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara, Kalın stated: “We will say, ‘we have our Kizilelma, our national combat aircraft project, we have alternatives,’ to those refusing to sell us F-16 (jets). They will regret it themselves.”
Asked a couple of current journey by U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to areas occupied by the PKK/YPG terror group in northern Syria, Kalın stated Ankara was not “satisfied” by statements saying that he had solely met with U.S. troopers.
He additional famous that U.S. help for PKK/YPG terrorists not solely “poisons” ties with Türkiye but in addition damages Syria’s demographic construction.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
