Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has told leaders at a Nato summit that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran needed to be made permanent and called for a ceasefire in Gaza to alleviate the humanitarian crisis there, Reuters reports.

“Our president said he welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, that the de facto situation needs to turn into lasting calm as soon as possible, that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is increasingly continuing, and that a lasting ceasefire is also needed there urgently,” Erdogan’s office said after his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.

He repeated that call to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, adding that a solution needed to be found to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Erdogan also told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that “these tensions must not leave the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which has reached a disastrous level, forgotten.”

Erdogan said the problems between Tehran and Washington could only be solved through diplomacy, adding that everyone must contribute to achieving lasting peace in the Middle East.

“We welcome the ceasefire achieved through the efforts of US President Trump,” he told a press conference following the summit. “We expect the parties to unconditionally abide by the call of my friend Trump.”

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