Ankara, June 12 (QNA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that the region is now paying a "heavy economic price" for wars raging in it.

"We are living through days when the sounds of missiles and bombs drown out the cries of children, and no one can predict what will happen tomorrow or where weapons will erupt," Erdogan said at a ceremony marking the opening of some projects in Istanbul.

"Before the Russia-Ukraine war has ended, our region is now paying the heavy economic price" of the war in the middle east, he added.

Erdogan also said bloodshed continues in Gaza and Lebanon.

"In Gaza and Lebanon, Zionist killers continue to shed blood by trampling on every law, rule and principle," he said.

He added that, while problems in the Black Sea persist, "new plots" are being laid and "new games" are being played in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The region and the world are going through one of the most critical periods since World War II, with one crisis following another before the previous one is resolved, President Erdogan said.

Erdogan's remarks come at a time when his country is intensifying its diplomatic efforts to prevent the confrontation from escalating, as Turkey insists that a political solution and dialogue remain the only option to avoid a widespread regional explosion that could be very costly for all countries in the region and the world. (QNA)