Friday, June 11, 2010

Erdogan urges Arab nations to unite and step-up efforts to end blockade

Turkey's prime minister has urged Arab nations to unite and step-up efforts to end Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the appeal at a Turkey-Arab economic forum, currently being held in Istanbul.

He also repeated calls for an international investigation into the Israeli raid on Gaza-bound aid ships.

"Are we going to remain silent over the murder of nine people? We can't
turn a blind eye to this banditry in international waters,'' Erdogan told officials from 21 Arab countries on Thursday, referring to Israel's raid on a Turkish aid ship that claimed the lives of nine Turks.

Full article-Al Jazeera

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