Turkey closes airspace for Israeli President's plane

Turkey closes airspace for Israeli President's plane

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Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog has canceled his visit to the UN climate conference in Baku because Turkey refused to grant him permission to fly over. Officially, the reason for the cancellation was “security concerns.

Turkey did not allow the plane of Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog to fly over, which is why he canceled his visit to the UN climate conference in Baku. This was reported by Milliyet, according to UNN.

It is noted that Herzog canceled his planned visit to the UN climate conference, which was held in the Azerbaijani capital Baku.

The reason for canceling the visit was “security concerns” that arose after the situation was assessed.

However, according to the Yedioth Ahronot newspaper, sources in the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry announced that the real reason is that Turkey did not allow the Israeli presidential plane Wing of Zion to pass through its airspace.

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