Türkiye, Indonesia to continue cooperation rebuilding Gaza: Turkish President Erdogan

By Efe Ozkan

ISTANBUL (AA) — Türkiye will keep working with Indonesia in efforts to rebuild the Gaza Strip after over 15 months of relentless Israeli attacks, the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.

Praising Jakarta's stance on the Palestinian issue at a joint news conference with his counterpart President Prabowo Subianto, Erdogan expressed Ankara's intent to "continue to work with Indonesia in the reconstruction of Gaza."

He also renewed his call for the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

“The establishment of a sovereign and territorially intact Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, cannot be delayed any further,” he added.

Erdogan asserted that other countries in the region will not be able to achieve stability until Gaza and Palestinians find peace.

"The total damage caused by Israel's 15-month-long attacks is nearly $100 billion. According to legal principles, this damage should be collected from the perpetrator," he said, referring to Israel.

Erdogan and Subianto also announced plans to strengthen relations between their countries through trade and cooperation across many sectors.

"We discussed plans to expand our bilateral trade to $10 billion and to make it balanced," the Turkish president added.