STORY: Turkish president urges Western countries to respond to Israel's killings of Palestinians
SHOOTING TIME: April 18, 2024
DATELINE: April 19, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:43
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of bilateral meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan (courtesy of ihlas news agency)
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President
3. various of bilateral meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan (courtesy of ihlas news agency)
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President
5. various of speech of Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan (courtesy of ihlas news agency)
6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President

STORYLINE:

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged Western countries to respond to the Israeli government's killings of Palestinians.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President   
"We've seen Western countries responding unanimously to Iran's retaliation. These same actors now need to unite in telling Israel 'enough'." 
   
Erdogan said they discussed the steps that can be taken against the "brutality in the occupied Palestinian territories."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President
"In our meetings with the esteemed president, we also discussed the steps that can be taken against the brutality in the occupied Palestinian territories."   

An immediate and lasting ceasefire must be achieved as soon as possible in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and then steps must be taken to realize a two-state solution, the Turkish president said.

SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President
"One of the biggest massacres of the last century has been taking place in Gaza for 195 days. We must step up our efforts to stop the massacres in Gaza."   

Hassan said she exchanged views with Erdogan on important regional and global issues.
   
"Tanzania supports Türkiye's efforts to find peaceful solutions to international disputes. We also support the call for an urgent ceasefire for situations that are detrimental to Gazans," she said.
   
Hassan said that her country also supports the unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
   
Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones on Saturday toward Israeli military targets to retaliate against a deadly Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria's capital, on April 1. Israel said it had intercepted the majority of the Iranian missiles and drones, whereas Iran said it had "successfully hit and destroyed" important Israeli military targets.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara.
(XHTV)