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Fidan was also asked about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, where he expressed confidence that the US and Iran were \u201csincere\u201d in reaching a ceasefire deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Feb 28, the US and Israel launched a wave of strikes in Iranian cities with Iran responding by launching retaliatory missile attacks at Israel and at several Gulf Arab allies of the US that host American bases.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Iran then also blocked shipping passages through the\u00a0Strait of Hormuz.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth sides are under pressure to open the Strait of Hormuz. They have different reasons, but it\u2019s the same desire, same objective. So that compels them to really reach a deal,\u201d\u00a0said Fidan on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, the minister posited that US ally Israel \u201cdoes not necessarily see an interest\u201d in seeing a ceasefire deal, citing how Iran officials have had phone conversations with their\u00a0T\u00fcrkiye counterparts on Israeli troop movements in Lebanon, which\u00a0have reached a point which\u00a0are \u201cnot tolerable\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat Israel is doing in Lebanon is clearly in violation of our understanding, so we can expect such things from Netanyahu\u2019s government,\u201d he added,\u00a0referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\u00a0<\/p>\n
T\u00fcrkiye has been a fierce critic of Israel’s military operations in Gaza as well as in Lebanon and Iran.<\/p>\n
President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan has strongly criticised Israeli military actions against Iran, arguing that they risk dragging the entire Middle East into a wider and potentially devastating regional war. T\u00fcrkiye shares a 560km long land border with Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump on Monday\u00a0said that talks with Iran were moving at a “rapid pace”, even as Tehran threatened to widen the war by keeping the Strait of Hormuz blocked and activating other pressure points around the region.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Iran\u2019s Mehr\u00a0News\u00a0Agency reported that Tehran was reviewing the proposed agreement with the US but has not yet responded to a proposed final text of the temporary deal, and was taking a “stern” approach given what it sees as a history of US non-compliance and longstanding mistrust.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Weeks of\u00a0indirect US-Iran talks, threats and air strikes have failed to end the war or reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the key shipping channel for Gulf oil and gas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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