Turkish premier Binali Yildirim has announced that Turkey’s consul in Occupied Jerusalem is actually acting as its ambassador to the Palestinian state.
“There is no country besides Turkey which has opened a mission for Palestine at the embassy level” Binali Yıldırım said addressing the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s 6th Ordinary Provincial Congresses in Artvin in northeastern Turkey according to Anadolu news agency.
“It is clear. Whether Israel accepts this or not this reality will not change our decision will not change” Yıldırım added.
“We have supported Palestine and Jerusalem on all international platforms and we will continue to do so” he added.
In strong response to US president Donald Trump’s recognition of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital an extraordinary Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Istanbul this week declared east Jerusalem to be Palestine’s capital.
