Israel Accepts Turkey’s Offer to Hold Middle-East Peace Talks

Gonul said: "In our meetings, we first took up issues such as mutual, political and economic relations between the countries, the Israeli-Palestine conflict, military cooperation and defense projects. Our desire and goal is to bring peace and stability to the Middle-East. "

Nearly 50 agreements have been signed between the two countries so far, forming the legal basis of relations. Gonul added: "Military cooperation has developed positively since 1996 and several projects have been completed between the two countries within the scope of defense industry and modernization". Gonul said that he believed this visit would contribute to regional stability in the Mediterranean-European Basin, and to world peace. Mofaz remarked on the two nations’ good mutual relations based on common interests and values.

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