Turkey slams U.S. plan for Gaza, calls it "absurd"
Turkey does not agree with the American plan to seize the Gaza Strip and relocate Palestinians. This idea is supported only by the USA and Israel, reported the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan. He emphasized that this concept satisfies only two countries—the USA and Israel.
Turkey firmly opposes the American plan to seize the Gaza Strip and relocate Palestinians from this region. As highlighted by the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, the proposal is "absurd."
"There are probably only two countries in the world that support this: the U.S. and Israel. The rest of the world is against it," said Fidan in a conversation with
Criticism of the American plan for the future of the Gaza Strip. Turkey opposes
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Palestinians should be relocated to neighboring Arab countries, which would build new homes for them at their own expense. The Gaza Strip would become the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. control.
Fidan described Donald Trump's proposal as unworthy of serious consideration. At the same time, the Turkish minister, in an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic, also addressed the situation in Ukraine.
He expressed hope for concrete steps towards the end of the war before the summer. "The security framework that Europe built with the US is now in question," added Fidan, suggesting that some countries may seek alternative security structures outside NATO.