Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the region is now paying a “heavy economic price” for attacks targeting Iran, even before the Russia-Ukraine war has ended.
“Before the Russia-Ukraine war ended, our region is now paying the heavy economic price of attacks on Iran,” Erdogan said at an opening ceremony in Türkiye's western city of Edirne on Friday.
He also said bloodshed continues in Gaza and Lebanon.
“In Gaza and Lebanon, Zionist killers continue to shed blood by trampling on every law, rule and principle,” Erdogan said.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said Israel's actions in Lebanon and Syria were a threat to Turkish security.
"Türkiye’s security doesn't just start in (its southernmost province of) Hatay, it begins in Aleppo, in Damascus and in Beirut," he said, warning Türkiye "will not tolerate any fait accompli in our neighbouring countries" in what was understood to mean Israel creating new irreversible realities on the ground.
"Under the current administration, Israel has become a factory churning out distress, fuelled solely by blood and tears, and producing nothing but instability and chaos," he said, vowing to "ensure the perpetrators of such massacres were held accountable".
Israel has been bombarding southern Lebanon since March 2, dragging Lebanon into the Middle East war.
