KASTAMONU - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has indicated, ''we feel sad over developments in the Middle East. There is a fire in Gaza.''
Stating that he hold telephone conversations with Palestinian and Israeli leaders as well as U.S. President George W. Bush, Erdogan said, ''we want this fire (in the Middle East) to be extinguished. We told them that Turkey is ready to do what is required. Otherwise, those who want peace will fail.''
Erdogan called U.S. President George W. Bush yesterday. Sources from the Prime Ministry said that Erdogan and Bush discussed the tension (between Israel and Palestine) that started after an Israeli soldier was kidnapped.
Erdogan also informed Bush on his conversations with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.