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ANKARA/ISTANBUL
Austria’s overseas minister on Tuesday voiced appreciation for Türkiye’s efforts to finish the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in addition to hope that Ankara would additionally mediate on different points, similar to within the South Caucasus.
“We already know that Türkiye has undertaken an important burden when it comes to refugees and irregular migration,” Alexander Schallenberg mentioned within the Turkish capital, talking at a joint information convention together with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan following their assembly.
Urging better help for Ankara on these issues, he identified the necessity for safety cooperation as properly.
Schallenberg pressured that Türkiye, whereas “surrounded by a hoop of fireside both on the East or the Sahel area,” bears a “essential position and accountability.”
Israeli assaults on Gaza
On Türkiye’s position within the Center East, the Austrian high diplomat mentioned the nation’s phrase “carries weight” within the area, referring notably to occasions within the Gaza Strip between Palestinians and Israel.
Concerning the problems of guaranteeing humanitarian help for the Gaza Strip, which has been topic to intense Israeli assaults and blockade for over seven months, and the discharge of hostages held within the enclave, he reaffirmed Vienna’s stance for a two-state answer.
“Austria has been chasing this answer for many years,” he emphasised, calling on all “sensible actors within the area” to cooperate on this situation.
“Everyone knows that we’re on the sting of a cliff,” he warned, including that “each single fallacious step could have dire outcomes.”
“Not simply the area itself however the entire of Europe, in addition to Türkiye, may additionally be affected by this,” he mentioned.
Regardless of warnings from Israel’s allies, together with the US, Tel Aviv insists on persevering with its assaults on Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost metropolis the place about 1.5 million displaced Palestinians have taken refuge since Oct. 7 final 12 months.
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip in retaliation for an Oct. 7 assault by Palestinian group Hamas, which killed some 1,200 individuals. Greater than 35,000 Palestinians, principally girls and youngsters, have been killed and virtually 79,000 injured amid mass destruction and shortages of requirements in Tel Aviv’s conflict on Gaza.
Worldwide organizations, together with UN businesses, have demanded a cease-fire in Gaza and elevated humanitarian help entry to handle medical shortages, starvation, thirst, and hygiene deficiencies resulting in ailments in Gaza.
The Israeli conflict has pushed 85% of Gaza’s inhabitants into inner displacement amid acute shortages of meals, clear water, and drugs, whereas 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been broken or destroyed, in keeping with the UN.
Israel stands accused of genocide on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice. An interim ruling ordered Tel Aviv to cease genocidal acts and take measures to ensure that humanitarian help is offered to civilians in Gaza.
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