ISTANBUL0 - Turkey's prime minister said on Monday that Israel's recent actions could be considered as crime even during wartime.
Appearing at a joint press conference with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad at Istanbul's Ciragan Palace, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel's indifferent policies had negative effects on the establishment of peace and stability in the Middle East.
Commenting on the agenda of his meeting with al-Asad, Erdogan said joint steps that could be taken by Turkey and Syria in regional and global scale in an effort to strengthen peace and establish principles of accountability and rule of law in the region were discussed during his talks with the Syrian president.
"In this context, we expect the international community not to just condemn the recent attack on the peace convoy, but also to support and monitor the immediate launching of an independent and international investigation as demanded by the UN Security Council statement on the issue," Erdogan said.
The Turkish prime minister said they wanted an independent and international commission to be assigned by the UN to assess such fatal and unlawful incident in an objective, transparent and comprehensive way as soon as possible.
"Relevant organizations should display decisive reactions within the scope of international law against this unlawful action," Erdogan also said.