This came during a phone call between the two leaders, according to sources in the Turkish Foreign Ministry, who explained that the two sides discussed global efforts to recognize the state of Palestine, without providing further details about the content of the call.
On Tuesday, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévost announced that his country would recognize the state of Palestine during the UN General Assembly sessions scheduled to open on September 9.
With this decision, Belgium joins several Western countries, including France, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, that have announced their intention to recognize the Palestinian state during the United Nations General Assembly meetings.
Of the 193 member states of the international organization, at least 149 countries recognize the Palestinian state declared by the Palestinian leadership in exile in 1988.
The situation in Gaza and Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also discussed the situations in Gaza and Syria with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi, on Tuesday.
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Turkish Foreign Ministry sources stated that the two ministers discussed developments related to the Palestinian issue and the humanitarian situation in Gaza in a phone call.
Turkish diplomatic sources also indicated that Fidan and Safadi discussed developments in southern Syria.
Recently, Hikmat al-Hajri, one of the Druze sheikhs in Syria, called for the formation of a separate "Druze region" from his country. This came a day after he announced the formation of a military force in the Suwayda Governorate (south) called the "National Guard."
Israel used the pretext of "protecting the Druze" to escalate its aggression against Syria, which Damascus considered blatant interference in its affairs and demanded that Tel Aviv comply with the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement.
The new Syrian administration has been making intensive efforts to maintain security in the country since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime on December 8, 2024, after 24 years in power.
