Erdogan: 'Israel must not be allowed to spread smell of gunpowder and blood in our region again'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the current government of Israel “must not be allowed to spread the smell of gunpowder and blood in our region again,” during a Saturday meeting with the Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Istanbul.

“With the Islamabad Agreement between Washington and Tehran, the world breathed a sigh of relief,” Erdogan said.

He then added that “any solution that does not rely on the countries of the region will not be sustainable, and no solution can last if it is outside the will of the countries of the region and without their contribution.”

This is a developing story.