Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that his country had joined the "genocide" lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

This came in a press conference held by Fidan with his Indonesian counterpart, Retno Marsudi, on Wednesday in the capital, Ankara.

Fidan said: “We in Turkey have decided to join the lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel (genocide) in the International Court of Justice.”