ISTANBUL
Türkiye announced on Wednesday plans to invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address its parliament.
“If there are no setbacks in the coming days, we will invite Mr. Abbas to the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, where he will present the Palestinian cause before the members of parliament,” Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus said.
The visit comes in the backdrop of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination earlier in the day in an airstrike in Tehran, heightening the risk of regional conflagration.
In Gaza, Israel has killed more than 39,000 Palestinians since a cross-border attack by Hamas in October.
Earlier this month, the International Court of Justice in an advisory opinion said Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is unlawful and should end.
