Turkey continues mobilising its diplomatic machinery to achieve peace in the Middle East, and has proposed a new formula in a bid to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan explained yesterday, Turkey currently has “two priorities”: delivering humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Gaza, and achieving a ceasefire to be followed by the implementation of a new formula to find a solution to the conflict, given – he stressed – that the ideas proposed so far have not achieved any results.
“We are proposing (to the countries of the region) a new model of guarantor countries” to ensure that the solution is implemented to achieve peace in the Middle East, the minister explained. “The international community must be able to force Israel to the two-state solution. The countries of the region, the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, must be involved,” Fidan stressed, adding that the Turkish proposal is open to change, since the main objective is how to achieve a final and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: “We are ready to listen to anyone who has a better idea,” he said.
Under the new formula, Turkey and other Middle East countries would be guarantors for Palestine, while another group of countries would be guarantors for Israel. “The guarantor countries will be responsible for the implementation of an agreement accepted by both sides. For Israel to have security and a lasting peace, the Palestinians must have their own state. In this way, the guarantor countries will be involved in peace; their presence will give sustainability and continuity to the peace process,” said Fidan, who has in recent days conducted intensive contacts with numerous countries, including the United States, Russia, China, Egypt, Qatar, and other Muslim countries.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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