Turkey's Foreign Ministry said today, Sunday, that establishing an independent, sovereign and geographically contiguous Palestinian state, based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, is an "indispensable goal".
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The statement was published by the ministry on the Turkish platform X on the 38th anniversary of the declaration of the State of Palestine.
The ministry wrote in its post: "We congratulate the friendly and brotherly State of Palestine on the 38th anniversary of the declaration of its establishment."
It added: "Turkey will continue to stand against all forms of injustice and oppression suffered by the Palestinian people."
The State of Palestine was declared on 15 November 1988, during the 19th session of the Palestinian National Council in the Algerian capital, Algiers, where the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat read out the "Declaration of Independence", which the Council adopted.
The declaration came in the context of the First Intifada, which broke out in December 1987, and amid growing Palestinian demands to end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state.
Source: Al Ghad.
