JOHANNESBURG (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, speaking at the “Global Geopolitical Situation” session during the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, reiterated Türkiye‘s unwavering stance on key global issues.
Fidan emphasized that a just and lasting peace cannot be achieved by expelling Palestinians from their lands and reaffirmed that Palestinian territories are non-negotiable.
“The path to achieving a just and lasting peace is not through the expulsion of millions of Palestinians from their lands. The lands for which Palestinians have made great sacrifices are not subject to negotiation,” Fidan said.
“The two-state solution remains the long-overdue and only path to lasting peace. Failure to implement this solution will only perpetuate the cycle of conflict,” he added.
Fidan also addressed the growing global vulnerabilities, citing the prolonged and destructive nature of conflicts, including the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
He highlighted the immense pressure on humanitarian aid systems and economic disruptions caused by conflicts that displace millions of people worldwide. He added that multilateral institutions are struggling to adapt to shifting global power dynamics, particularly in light of technological advances such as artificial intelligence and robotics.
Fidan sharply criticized the United Nations Security Council for its failure to fulfill its mandate in the current polarized global environment.
“The United Nations Security Council is unable to fulfill its responsibility to maintain peace and security in an extremely polarized global environment,” he stated.
