from Daily Sabah
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan underlined the need to put more pressure on Israel for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza on Monday.
The two top diplomats were discussing regional developments in a phone call made at the request of Blinken, Foreign Ministry spokesman Öncü Keçeli said.
Fidan told Blinken that Israel's assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh shows Benjamin Netanyahu's administration is not interested in peace, Keçeli said.
He continued by highlighting that Hamas had previously displayed a positive stance for a cease-fire and that the U.S. needs to keep putting pressure on Israel, as he told Blinken that the escalation of tensions in the region was concerning. Israel needs to refrain from taking provocative steps that would lead to further spillover, Fidan said.
The phone call between the two foreign ministers came after the U.K. joined France and Germany in a call for Middle East de-escalation...
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