{"id":48354,"date":"2026-04-19T15:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48354"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:04:27","slug":"turkey-optimistic-middle-east-ceasefire-will-be-extended-foreign-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48354","title":{"rendered":"Turkey \u2018optimistic\u2019 Middle East ceasefire will be extended: foreign minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Turkey said it remained \u201coptimistic\u201d that a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States set to expire on Wednesday would be extended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one wants to see a new war break out when the ceasefire expires next week. We hope &#8230; the parties will extend the ceasefire,\u201d Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope there\u2019ll be an extension. I am optimistic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at a diplomacy forum in the southern province of Antalya, he said that while negotiations between Washington and Iran are \u201clargely complete\u201d, there are still a number of disagreements.<\/p>\n<p>Fidan also said the ceasefire, set to expire on Wednesday, should be extended.<\/p>\n<p>Land grabbing from Isreal<\/p>\n<p>Fidan accused Israel of land-grabs in southern Lebanon, despite the ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Turkiye accused Israel of seeking to create a \u201cfait accompli\u201d in Lebanon despite an agreed ceasefire, with the foreign minister denouncing \u201cIsraeli expansionism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ongoing Iran-United States negotiations seem to be overshadowing this situation (in Lebanon). Israel appears to be trying to take advantage of this distraction to create a fait accompli,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on April 15 that Ankara was working to extend a ceasefire between \u200bthe US and Iran, ease tensions, and ensure the continuation of \u200ctalks, and added Turkey was hopeful of negotiations despite stumbling blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey, a neighbour of Iran, has been in close touch with the US, Iran, and mediator Pakistan. It \u200bhas repeatedly called for an end to the war that it \u200bsays is unjustified.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey said it remained \u201coptimistic\u201d that a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States set to expire on Wednesday would be extended. \u201cNo one wants to see a new war break out when the ceasefire expires next week. We hope &#8230; the parties will extend the ceasefire,\u201d Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}