Hamas welcomes Erdogan's resolve to go ahead
with Gaza visit
Tuesday April 23, 2013 08:25:05 PM,
IANS
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Gaza: Hamas Prime
Minister Ismail Haniyeh welcomed Tuesday Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's determination to visit the Hamas-controlled
Gaza Strip despite US pressure.
Erdogan's decision to visit the Palestinian territory "emphasizes
that the era of US tutelage has ended", said Haniyeh in a
statement issued by his office, reported Xinhua. Haniyeh is
currently visiting Qatar.
Erdogan announced Tuesday that he is going ahead with his visit,
scheduled next month after he finishes a trip to Washington on May
16.
On Sunday, the US Secretary of State John Kerry met Erdogan and
advised him to cancel the Gaza trip.
The US, Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) held
that such a visit would bolster Hamas, which took over the coastal
enclave after routing forces loyal to Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas in 2007.
Israel imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip in a bid to isolate
Hamas, the militant Islamic group that doesn't recognize Israel.
In March, the US brokered an Israeli apology to Turkey as the
first step to restore the diplomatic relations between its two
Middle East allies to their track.
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