Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to deliver a speech at the Turkish parliament in the capital Ankara on Thursday.
Abbas arrived in Turkey on Wednesday, a day after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Abbas held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing war in Gaza, Erdoğan’s communications department announced on the social media platform X.
According to the office, the two discussed, among other things, “the steps to be taken for a permanent ceasefire” in Gaza.
The statement also accused Israel of committing “mass murder” in Gaza.
Abbas called for an immediate ceasefire and Israel’s complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Abbas, 88, is president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and chairman of Fatah. He has little support among the Palestinian population.
Meanwhile, a decisive round of talks on a ceasefire in Gaza is expected to begin in Qatar on Thursday.
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said it would not attend the talks but would be prepared to be briefed on the issues discussed afterward. Hamas is responsible for the October 7 massacre in Israel that sparked the current war.
Fatah and Hamas are the two largest Palestinian organizations and bitter rivals.
In 2006, Hamas won the Palestinian parliamentary elections. The following year, it took control of the Gaza Strip by force, ousting Fatah from the area. Since then, Abbas has ruled de facto only in the West Bank.
