President Erdogan says Turkey could suspend ties with UAE in wake of deal with Israel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara is considering the full suspension of diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates following its accord to normalize ties with Israel.
“I gave an order to the foreign minister. I said we could suspend diplomatic relations with the Abu Dhabi administration or withdraw our ambassador,” Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul on Friday.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said earlier in the day that history and the conscience of the people of the region will never forget and forgive the “hypocritical behavior” of the UAE in agreeing such a deal with Israel.
"While betraying the Palestinian cause to serve its narrow interests, the UAE is trying to present this as a kind of act of self-sacrifice for Palestine," the ministry said.
Israel and the UAE on Thursday reached a deal that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two sides, in an agreement that US President Donald Trump apparently helped broker.
Under the agreement, Israel has allegedly agreed to suspend applying its own rule to further areas in the occupied West Bank and the strategic Jordan Valley that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had pledged to annex, senior White House officials told Reuters.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry also on Friday condemned the recent deal, calling it an instance of “strategic folly” that will only end up strengthening the regional resistance front.
“Undoubtedly, the agreement will result in fortification of the resistance axis in the region,” the ministry said in a statement.
“History will reveal how this strategic mistake by the Zionist regime and this act of backstabbing by the Emirates against the Palestinians and, by extension, the entire Muslim community, will conversely result in fortifying the resistance axis.”
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