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On Thursday, Turkey ended waste and acquisition pinch Israel, blocking Israeli imports and exports astatine Turkish ports. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz lashed retired astatine Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (pictured 2023), accusing him of behaving for illustration a dictator and violating waste and acquisition agreements. File Photo by Jason Szenes/UPI | License Photo
May 2 (UPI) -- Turkey connected Thursday suspended waste and acquisition pinch Israel arsenic Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Turkish ports person blocked Israeli imports and exports.
According to media reports, 2 Turkish authorities officials pinch knowledge of nan business said that Turkey has wholly suspended waste and acquisition pinch Israel.
In a station connected X, Katz lashed retired astatine President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for cutting disconnected commerce betwixt nan nations.
"This is really a dictator behaves, disregarding nan interests of nan Turkish group and businessmen, and ignoring world waste and acquisition agreements," Katz posted connected X.
He added that "Erdogan is breaking agreements by blocking ports for Israeli imports and exports."
Katz said Israeli Director General Yaakov Blitshtein has been ordered to create alternatives to trade pinch Turkey. Israel and Turkey person had free waste and acquisition agreements from nan mid-1990s.
Israel's Foreign Ministry did not instantly explain which circumstantial ports Turkey is utilizing to artifact Israeli trade. Israel imports lipid from Azerbaijan done Turkey's Ceyhan larboard connected nan Mediterranean.
Prior to Thursday's action, Turkey successful April imposed waste and acquisition restrictions connected 54 merchandise groups affecting Israel.
As of Thursday day Turkey had not made a general announcement connected ending waste and acquisition pinch Israel.
Israeli-Turkish relations person suffered amid nan Gaza war.
This improvement affects billions of dollars successful bilateral waste and acquisition betwixt nan nations. According to nan Turkish Statistical Institute, full waste and acquisition pinch Israel was $6.8 cardinal successful 2023.
