By Mumin Altas
ANKARA (AA) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were expected to hold a phone call later on Thursday to discuss the U.S.'s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, according to Turkish presidential sources.
The phone conversation comes a day after Donald Trump announced that U.S. recognized Jerusalem as Israel's “undivided ” capital, and the decision to relocate U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem despite widespread international opposition.
Jerusalem remains at the core of the Israel-Palestine conflict, with Palestinians hoping that East Jerusalem — now occupied by Israel — might serve as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
Ahead of his election last year, Trump repeatedly promised to relocate the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
