UPDATE - Massacre in Gaza should end as soon as possible, says Turkish foreign minister

UPDATE WITH MORE INFO REGARDING MEETING, CHANGES HEADLINE, LEDE

By Zehra Nur Duz and Sumeyye Dilara Dincer

ANKARA (AA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday stressed the massacre in Gaza should end as soon as possible.

During a meeting with his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, Fidan said pressure should be exerted on Israel for an end to the massacre, a permanent cease-fire, and delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

In the meeting, Fidan and Blinken discussed the latest situation in Gaza, according to diplomatic sources.

The current situation in Ukraine and bilateral relations between Ankara and Washington were also discussed.

Fidan and Blinken met on the margins of the meeting of the Contact Group on Gaza, being held on the sidelines of the two-day World Economic Forum, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on X.

*Writing by Esra Tekin in Istanbul