Turkiye’s Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, told Nikkei Asia that Israel could join a cooperative “regional platform” if it recognises a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders.
– “If that problem is solved, I think the security of Israel will be very much assisted by the regional countries, too,” he told the newspape
– Fidan said this framework could include Pakistan, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, other Gulf countries, and “when things come [back to] normal, maybe Iran should also be part of it”.
– “All the countries in the region should be committing to each other’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and security,” Fidan told Nikkei.
– These comments come as Turkiye is expected to host a pivotal NATO summit in July in Ankara.
– On Monday, Trump laid out his vision for expanding the Abraham Accords, a series of normalisation deals between Israel and nearby Arab states.
– “It should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords,” he wrote on Truth Social, listing six countries, including Turkiye and Egypt, which already have formal diplomatic relations with Israel.
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