「ガザでジェノサイド１年継続、全人類の恥」 トルコ大統領

【ティラナ（アルバニア）ＡＦＰ＝時事】トルコのレジェプ・タイップ・エルドアン大統領は１０日、パレスチナ自治区ガザ地区でのイスラエルの行動について、改めて「ジェノサイド（集団殺害）」に当たると主張した上で、「全人類の恥」だと非難した。（写真は、アルバニアの首都ティラナの大統領府で、エディ・ラマ首相〈左〉と握手するトルコのレジェプ・タイップ・エルドアン大統領）
　バルカン諸国歴訪の最初の訪問国、アルバニアの首都ティラナで、エディ・ラマ首相との共同記者会見の際に述べた。エルドアン氏はセルビアも訪問する予定。
　エルドアン氏は「われわれ国際社会は、恒久的な停戦を至急保証し、イスラエルに対して必要な圧力をかけるために全力を尽くさなければならない」「ガザでジェノサイドが１年間続いているのは、全人類の恥だ」と訴えた。
　さらに、イスラエルのベンヤミン・ネタニヤフ首相をナチス・ドイツの指導者アドルフ・ヒトラーになぞらえ、「ガザの虐殺者」と呼び、「ネタニヤフ政権によるガザ侵略は、今や中東だけでなく世界の秩序を脅かしている」と主張した。
　イスラエルの公式発表に基づきＡＦＰがまとめた数字によると、昨年１０月７日のイスラム組織ハマスによるイスラエル攻撃では、１２０６人が死亡した。ほとんどは民間人だった。
　一方、ハマスが実効支配するガザの保健当局によると、同日以降、ガザでは４万２０６５人が死亡した。こちらもほとんどは民間人だった。国連（ＵＮ）はこの数字について、信頼できるとしている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/10/11-15:26）

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his attacks on Israel as he arrived in Tirana Thursday, the first stop of a Balkans tour that will also take him to Serbia.
Repeating his claim that Israel's actions in Gaza constituted genocide, he branded it the shame of humanity, at a joint press conference with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.
The international community, we must do our best to urgently guarantee a permanent ceasefire and exert the necessary pressure on Israel, he added.
The genocide that has been going on in Gaza for the past year is the common shame of all humanity, he added.
The Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
According to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry, 42,065 people have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, mostly civilians. The UN has said the figures are reliable.
Erdogan has branded Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the butcher of Gaza and compared him to Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler.
The aggression led by the Netanyahu government now threatens the world order beyond the region, Erdogan said.
- Great Mosque of Tirana -
Later Thursday Erdogan, accompanied by Prime Minister Edi Rama, inaugurated the Great Mosque of Tirana.
The largest Muslim place of worship in the Balkans, it has a capacity of up to 10,000 people. The project, funded by Turkey, cost 30 million euros.
Turkey is also a major employer in Albania. As Erdogan said in February, over 600 Turkish companies operate in the country, providing jobs to more than 15,000 workers.
It is also one of the five biggest foreign investors in Albania, he said, with $3.5 billion (3.2 billion euros) committed.
The two NATO member countries also have close military ties, with Turkey supplying Tirana with its Bayraktar TB2 drones.
- Serbia visit -
For the second stage of his tour Erdogan travelled from Albania to Serbia, where he was greeted at Belgrade airport by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
Turkey made a diplomatic comeback here in 2017 when Erdogan made a landmark visit to Belgrade.
The five century Ottoman presence in Serbia has traditionally weighed heavily on Belgrade-Ankara relations.
Another source of tension has been Turkey's historic ties with Serbia's former breakaway province of Kosovo. Kosovo declared independence in 2008, a move Belgrade still refuses to recognise.
Erdogan's 2017 visit repaired the relationship with Serbia, Belgrade analyst Vuk Vuksanovic told AFP.
But Belgrade was furious last year when Turkey sold drones to Kosovo, something Serbia said was unacceptable.
The row could however still be patched up, Vuksanovic insisted.
I would not be surprised if we see a military deal at the end of this visit, he said.
He expected talks in Belgrade on Friday to focus on military cooperation, the position of Turkish companies -- and attempts by Belgrade to persuade Ankara to tone down support for Kosovo.
While the rapprochement is relatively new, economic ties between the two countries are already significant.
Turkish investment in Serbia has rocketed from $1 million to $400 million over the past decade, the Turkey-Serbia business council told Turkey's Anadolu news agency.
Turkish exports to Serbia hit $2.13 billion in 2022, up from $1.14 billion in 2020, according to official Serbian figures.
Turkish tourists are also important for Serbia, second only to visitor numbers from Bosnia.