Presiden Turki kutuk tindakan Biden lulus penjualan senjata kepada Israel

ANKARA: Presiden Turki Recep Tayyip Erdogan pada Isnin mengecam rakan sejawatnya dari Amerika Syarikat (AS) Joe Biden kerana meluluskan penjualan senjata kepada Israel, lapor agensi berita Xinhua.

Presiden AS “melakarkan sejarah dengan tangan berdarah dalam insiden ini ketika Gaza diserang secara keterlaluan,” kata Erdogan pada sidang media yang mengulas mengenai pertempuran antara Israel dan Palestin baru-baru ini.

“Anda telah memaksa kami bersuara. Kami tidak boleh berdiam lagi mengenai hal ini,” tambahnya.

“Bumi Palestin dibanjiri dengan darah dan kekejaman. Anda turut menyokongya,” kata Erdogan.

Pada awal pagi, kerajaan AS dilaporkan meluluskan penjualan senjata berpandu bernilai AS$735 juta kepada Israel.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned his US counterpart Joe Biden for approval of arms sales to Israel.

The US president was “writing history with bloody hands in this incident where Gaza was attacked disproportionately,” Erdogan said on Monday at a press conference elaborating on recent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians.

He said, “You have forced us to say this. We can’t stay silent on this anymore,” reports Xinhua.

“Palestinian lands are being washed with blood and cruelty. You are also supporting this,” Erdogan noted.

Earlier in the day, the US government reportedly approved the sale of 735 million US dollars in precision-guided weapons to Israel.