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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has emphasised the importance of increasing diplomatic pressure on the Israeli occupation and removing all obstacles to the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.“These matters cannot be postponed. A determined demonstration of the international community’s will and capacity to impose sanctions would effectively restrain the Israeli occupation,” Erdogan said during a press gaggle aboard his plane returning from South Africa on Sunday, following his participation in the G20 Summit.During his meetings with G20 leaders and in the speeches he delivered throughout the summit sessions, Erdogan highlighted the need to maintain the existing ceasefire and advance reconstruction efforts.Addressing the humanitarian catastrophe facing Gazans, Erdogan underscored that all nations have a moral duty to stand with the Palestinians in their struggle. He stressed that the countries responsible for enabling Israel’s reckless actions must immediately assume responsibility for their role.Erdogan also criticised the United Nations for failing to fulfill its responsibilities so far, urging it to assert its influence in the measures to be taken going forward.According to the Gaza Government Media Office, although a ceasefire agreement took effect in Gaza on October 10 as part of its first phase, Israel has since violated the deal more than 497 times, resulting in the deaths of 342 Palestinians.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stressed that it is important to ramp up diplomatic pressure on the Israeli occupation and remove all obstacles to surge the humanitarian aid into Gaza.Such things can't be postponed, as long as the demonstration of resolute desire and capability of imposing sanctions by the international community would literally restrain the Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Erdogan said while he was in a press gaggle aboard the plane returning from South Africa Sunday after his participation in the G20 Summit.During his meetings with leaders of G20 and the speeches he delivered throughout the sessions, Erdogan noted the significance of maintaining the ceasefire that had been achieved, as well as the reconstruction efforts.Erdogan tackled the humanitarian catastrophe gripping the Gazans, highlighting that it behooves all nations to stand in support of the Palestinians' hard struggle. He stressed that it is essential for the countries that pushed the Israeli occupation to this recklessness to bear their responsibility right away.The UN hasn't delivered on its role up to this point, and it is imperative to demonstrate their weight in the steps that would be taken from now onward, Erdogan said.The ceasefire deal had been reached in Gaza, whose first phase took effect on October 10, but since then Israel has breached the deal more than 497 times and killed 342 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Government Media Office.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and President of the Republic of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan co-chaired Wednesday the 11th meeting of the Qatari-Turkish Supreme Strategic Committee at the Amiri Diwan. At the outset of the meeting, His Highness the Amir welcomed the Turkish president and his accompanying delegation, wishing them a pleasant stay in Qatar and wishing the strategic relations between the two countries continued development and growth across all areas of partnership to achieve the interests of the two fraternal peoples. He pointed out that the 11th meeting of the Supreme Strategic Committee reflects the strength of the relationship between the two countries, stressing his keenness to strengthen and develop relations to broader horizons. **media[372048]** For his part, the president of Turkiye voiced his thanks and appreciation to His Highness the Amir for the warm welcome and generous hospitality, noting that bilateral relations between the two countries are witnessing remarkable development in various fields, and looking forward to strengthening them to achieve the supreme interests of the two fraternal peoples. During the meeting, they discussed strategic cooperation relations and ways to enhance and develop them across several areas, especially in defence, trade, investment, energy, and information technology. **media[372045]** They also discussed key regional and international issues and developments, as well as the current situation in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly those related to consolidating the ceasefire, supporting peace, and the flow of humanitarian aid to the Strip. HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, HE Chief of the Amiri Diwan Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Khulaifi, along with a number of ministers and senior offcials attended the meeting. **media[372534]** On Turkiye's side, the meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, along with a number of members of the official delegation accompanying the president. Earlier, His Highness the Amir and the president of Turkiye held a bilateral meeting, where they exchanged views on a number of topics and issues of common concern. **media[372532]** His Highness the Amir held a luncheon banquet in honour of the president of Turkiye and his accompanying delegation. President Erdogan was accorded an official reception ceremony upon arrival to the Amiri Diwan.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised Qatari-US efforts to bring peace to several African countries, expressing Turkiye's concern over the ongoing conflict in Sudan and stressing that peace efforts there fall on the international community.In his speech before the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Erdogan addressed the Palestinian issue, stressing that the ongoing genocide in Gaza requires immediate action from the international community.He emphasized the need for a ceasefire and holding perpetrators of crimes accountable under international law. He said that anyone who remains silent about what is happening in Gaza is complicit in genocide.He added that the Israeli entity deliberately killed journalists and closed the crossings, and that children were being killed and forced to starve. He said that Gaza had become an uninhabitable place, and that its destruction was justified solely by the Hamas movement.He questioned why Israel was targeting the West Bank despite the absence of Hamas there, and described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as indifferent to peace and securing the release of hostages.The Turkish president noted his country's continued support for a unified, secure, and stable Syria, working to bring peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, resolving the dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia, and hosting negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to stop the war, which has no winner.He emphasized that the stability and security of Iraq are of paramount importance to ensuring the well-being of the region, and called for addressing the Iranian nuclear issue through diplomacy to avoid new crises.He emphasized that the world is larger than just five countries, calling for reforming the Security Council system to make it more just and promoting a culture of coexistence in the face of racism and Islamophobia.The Turkish President emphasized the importance of harnessing artificial intelligence to assist countries, not to oppress them, and working to reduce polluting emissions to zero in line with the global trend.