Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the Iran-Israel ceasefire and urged “close dialogue” to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, as he held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of a NATO summit late Tuesday (June 24, 2025).
The Turkish President “expressed his satisfaction with the ceasefire achieved between Israel and Iran through President Trump’s efforts, hoping it would be permanent,” his office said.
In the early hours of Tuesday (June 24, 2025) morning, Mr. Trump announced that Iran and Israel had agreed to a staggered ceasefire that would bring about an “official end” to their 11 day conflict.
The move came after the U.S. joined Israel’s campaign on Sunday (June 22, 2025), striking key nuclear sites, prompting a carefully-coordinated Iranian retaliation against a US base in Qatar late Monday (June 23, 2025) — which appeared to bring the confrontation to a close.
AFP