Pompeo’s visit to Israeli settlement ‘grave step’ against UN resolutions: Turkish Foreign Ministry - hurriyetdailynews

Turkey said a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to an Israeli settlement unit in occupied West Bank as part of his ongoing trip to Israel constitutes a grave step against U.N. resolutions that underline the illegality of Israel’s settlement activities in the Palestinian territories under international law.

In a written statement, the Foreign Ministry recalled that the U.S. serves as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.

“Behind this visit lies the purpose of legitimizing Israel’s illegal actions in the occupied Palestinian territories. These irresponsibly unilateral steps will not succeed in undermining the established parameters for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the U.N. resolutions, and the rights and freedoms of the Palestinian people,” said the ministry.

“Such premeditated actions are doomed to fail,” it added....

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