Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has praised the participants of the Global Sumud Flotilla, calling their effort “a noble act” to raise international awareness of the ongoing crisis in Gaza and prevent Israel’s genocide in the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Fidan emphasised that the Flotilla aid initiative, involving multiple countries and dozens of ships, was carefully coordinated to remain peaceful and avoid regional escalation.
“Our primary goal was for this to succeed without conflict and for our citizens to return safely,” he said in an interview with TRT Haber on Saturday.
Türkiye, he revealed, worked with a coalition of nations, including Spain and countries across Latin America and the Asia-Pacific, to apply international pressure on Israel.
Fidan said that a joint statement issued on September 16 by 17 countries was part of this diplomatic strategy.
In the statement, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Ireland, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Pakistan, Qatar, Oman, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, and Thailand expressed their concern about the security of the Global Sumud Flotilla.