The Vatican backs a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, with both sides agreeing on the status of Jerusalem - home to sites holy to the Muslim, Jewish and Christian religions - as part of the peace process.
Source/Credit: Daily Sabah
By News Desk | February 5, 2018
The holy city of Jerusalem's status should be maintained as per the United Nations resolutions and international law, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Pope Francis agreed on during their closed-door meeting at the Vatican yesterday.
According to the Turkish presidential sources, during the meeting between the Turkish leader and the pope, which was said to be held in a warm atmosphere, it was pointed to the importance of stressing United States' Jerusalem decision's drawbacks, and agreed that it should not be put into practice.
In December, the U.S. President Donald Trump had decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, instead of Tel Aviv, drawing a large criticism from the international community. The move was condemned and rejected by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in the same month. The nonbinding resolution declaring the U.S. action on Jerusalem "null and void" was approved 128-9 in a victory for Palestinians. Amid Washington's threats, 35 of the 193 U.N. member states abstained and 21 were absent.
The visit marks the first time a Turkish president visited the Vatican in 59 years and second time ever.
The Vatican backs a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, with both sides agreeing on the status of Jerusalem - home to sites holy to the Muslim, Jewish and Christian religions - as part of the peace process.
Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of a future independent state, where as Israel has declared the whole city to be its "united and eternal" capital.
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