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Saturday, 3 January 2009Turkish prime minister said on Thursday that Turkey suggested to work on a two-stage plan in order to put an end to the current tension in Gaza Strip.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a press conference following his talks with the Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el Sheikh city of Egypt.
During the conference, Erdogan said that the first stage of the plan proposed by Turkey envisaged to launch an initiative that would display efforts for the immediate declaration of a cease-fire.
Erdogan said, if the first stage was completed successfully, reaching an agreement between Palestian groups rapidly would be the second step.
Noting that he had fruitful talks with Mubarak, Erdogan said that Turkey was ready to cooperate with Egypt in carrying the Palestinian issue to the agenda of the United Nations.
Upon a question on how the developments in the region would affect Turkish-Israeli relations in the future, Erdogan said, "Inter-governmental relations should never involve emotions. However, injustice should never be permitted either. If there is cruelty, we cannot support that. We can try to solve it through talks".
Replying to another question, Erdogan said that bombings should be stopped by both sides, embargo should be lifted as agreed upon in June 2008 agreement and humanitarian aid should reach Gaza.
"We call on Israel to declare cease-fire at first hand. Of course the opposing party should stop attacks likewise," Erdogan also said.
After completing his talks in Egypt, Erdogan returned to Turkey.
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Saturday, 3 January 2009
SHARM EL SHEIKH (A.A)
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