Turkey may suspend its diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or recall its ambassador President Recep Erdogan said Friday in response to the UAE’s normalization deal with Israel.
Erdogan told reporters that the UAE’s controversial deal with Israel is problematic and that Turkey stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
“The move against Palestine is not a step that can be stomached. Now Palestine is either closing or withdrawing its embassy. The same thing is valid for us now” Erdogan said on Friday.
“I told him [the foreign minister] we may also take a step in the direction of suspending diplomatic ties with the Abu Dhabi leadership or pulling back our ambassador.”
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry earlier said Palestinians were right to reject the deal in which the UAE betrayed their cause.
“History and the conscience of the region’s people will not forget and never forgive this hypocritical behavior” it said.
