Türkiye hosts latest diplomatic push on war

ANTALYA: Türkiye on Friday hosts a high-stakes diplomatic forum bringing together the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, as Islamabad steps up efforts to help end the Middle East war.
'I believe the window of opportunity opened by the ceasefire should be used in the most effective way to establish lasting peace', President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the opening of the three-day Antalya Diplomacy Forum at the Mediterranean resort.
'No matter how deep the disagreements may be, we must not allow words to be replaced again by weapons', he said, adding that 'the shortest cut to peace is constructive dialogue and diplomacy'.
The foreign ministers of Türkiye, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt were due to meet later on Friday on the sidelines of the forum, with the war and the blockade of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz expected to dominate discussions. — AFP