MOSCOW - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul left Russia for Turkey on Thursday.
After dinner hosted in his honor by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Gul departed from Russian capital Moscow.
Gul, who went to Moscow on Wednesday, told A.A correspondent, ''we consider Israel's demolishing houses of civilians in Gaza and killing of more than 30 people in its operation in Gaza an extremely dangerous development.''
Turkish Foreign Minister Gul met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Senegalese Foreign Minister Tidiane Gadio in Moscow earlier in the day. After his meeting, Gul said that there had recently been worrying developments in Palestine.
Earlier in the day, Gul attended the meeting held in between the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Middle East Quartet formed Russia, the United States, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) to discuss recent developments in Palestine.
(BRC) 20.05.2004