Erdogan tells Germany's Scholz sovereign Palestinian state needed to resolve conflict: Turkish presidency

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a call on Thursday that a sovereign Palestinian state should be established for a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Turkish presidency said.

Erdogan and Scholz also exchanged views on ways to halt the fighting and humanitarian crises in the conflict, the presidency said on social messaging platform X, adding that Erdogan renewed his offer to mediate the conflict.