DayofPal– Over 50 world’s countries have urged the United Nations to implement an arms embargo on Israel in response to the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, which enters its 407 days.
In a statement released on Sunday, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry, Hakan Fidan, said his country had submitted a letter to the United Nations, signed by 52 countries and two organizations, calling for a halt in arms deliveries to Israel.
He emphasized that “supplying weapons to Israel equates to being complicit in its genocide,” accusing some countries of vivid complicity.
Fidan said in a press conference in Djibouti where he was attending a Turkey-Africa partnership summit that “We have written a joint letter calling on all countries to stop the sale of arms and ammunition to Israel. We delivered this letter, which has 54 signatories, to the UN on November 1.”
“We must repeat at every opportunity that selling arms to Israel means participating in its genocide,” the top Turkish diplomat said.
Turkey’s permanent representative to the UN Ahmet Yildiz also said that Israel’s actions have brought the region to the brink of all-out war.
Last month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the UN to impose an arms embargo on Israel, which he said would be an “effective solution” to end the aggression in the besieged enclave.
Erdogan said that implementing a comprehensive arms embargo against Israel is a must to increase pressure on Israel to stop the wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
He added that Israel is trying to spread “the flames of conflict” it has ignited throughout the region and would inevitably “pay the price for this ongoing genocide in Gaza, sooner or later.”
Turkey cut trade ties with Israel following Gaza Genocide, dropping the trade that worth almost $7bn (£5.6bn) last year.
According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, Israel was Turkey’s 13th biggest export market in 2023, receiving 2.1% of Turkish exports last year. Turkey was Israel’s fifth biggest source of imports last year.
Israel stands accused of perpetrating acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, with South Africa having presented its case before the United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague last December. The charges allege that Israel’s actions amount to systematic genocide against the Palestinian population in Gaza.
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