Turkish PM to address the Arab League
the meeting of foreign ministers of the Arab League, his second
address to the group as a non-Arab politician, amid high tensions
with Israel.
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to address the Council of Foreign Ministers
meeting during his official visit to Cairo next week, Mohammed
Al-Fatah Naciri, the Arab League’s ambassador to Turkey,
told the Hürriyet Daily News on Thursday.
hitting the region in the “Arab Spring” and will also hit out against
Israel, the Daily News has learned. His address to the Arab League
will be part of Turkey’s ongoing campaign in the international arena
against Israel, which has intensified since Tel Aviv refused to
apologize for killing nine Turks last year aboard a Gaza-bound aid ship.
Initiative Group of the Arab League’s meeting at the foreign-
ministerial level. It will
be the second time Erdoğan will address the Arab League, following
a speech he
delivered to an Arab League summit in 2010 in Libya.
blockade on the Gaza Strip and call on Arab countries to give
their strong support to
the Palestinians’ statehood-recognition bid at the United Nations
and Turkey’s
pledge to take the Gaza blockade to the International Court of Justice.
the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip through the Rafah border during
his visit to Egypt, Cairo’s reluctance makes this unlikely to happen,
a diplomat told the Daily News.
President Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo and discuss Palestine’s
upcoming application
to the U.N. General Assembly to win recognition as a state.
Davutoğlu will
also hold a meeting with Arab League chief of al-Araby in Cairo.
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