Ankara, June 18 (QNA) - Turkiye's National Security Council on Thursday welcomed the agreement reached between Iran and the United States and stressed the importance of safeguarding the diplomatic process.
This came in the council's meeting in Ankara under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said a statement issued by the Turkish Communications Directorate, according to Turkiye's Anadolu Agency.
The statement said council expressed satisfaction with the agreement and emphasized that efforts should be made to prevent any disruption to the process.
The council also discussed developments in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Lebanon, saying Israel's "aggressive actions," including ceasefire violations in Gaza, "settler terrorism" in the West Bank, attacks targeting the status of East Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, and actions threatening Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity, were undermining efforts to achieve regional peace and stability.
It called on the international community to adopt a principled stance against what it described as Israel's continued disregard for humanitarian values and international law.
The council also reviewed the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine war and called on those responsible for the escalation of the conflict and its spread to the Black Sea and neighboring regions to take steps toward a just and lasting peace. (QNA)