MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Wednesday, representatives of 57 Muslim countries gathered in Istanbul for an extraordinary Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit on the issue of Washington's decision on Jerusalem. In its declaration, the OIC recognized East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine.
“There is no country besides Turkey which has opened a mission for Palestine at the embassy level … We have supported Palestine and Jerusalem on all international platforms and we will continue to do so,” Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said, speaking at the event of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, as quoted by the Anadolu news agency.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday signaled his readiness to appeal to the UN in a bid to try to cancel Washington's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, according to the Turkish news agency Anadolu.
Speaking to participants at a rally to support the Palestinian Authority in a video message, Erdogan said that Turkey first plans to turn to the UN Security Council (UNSC) and that if any permanent UNSC member country takes advantage of its veto power, Ankara will put the issue on the UN General Assembly's table.
