Turkey ready to assume guarantor role to resolve crisis in Gaza, Erdogan tells Raisi

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan told his Iranian counterpart Ibrahim Raisi that Ankara was ready to assume guarantor role to resolve crisis between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza, Turkish presidency said on Thursday.

Erdogan and Raisi met on the sidelines of a summit of Economic Cooperation Organisation in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, according to a statement of the Turkish presidency.