Istanbul, Turkey—Turkey is ready to play a “facilitating role” to end the conflict between arch foes Israel and Iran, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Iranian counterpart in a phone call on Monday, his office said.
During the call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Erdogan said: “Turkey is ready to play a facilitating role for the immediate end of the conflict and return to nuclear negotiations,” according to his office.
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Erdogan, who stepped up diplomatic calls on the conflict over the weekend, has slammed Israel’s “banditry” and said Israel was seeking to drag the world into “disaster” after a wave of strikes on Iran.
Turkey has previously hosted peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
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