Türkiye refutes reports of overflight clearance for Israeli premier

ANKARA/ISTANBUL

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oncu Keceli said on Saturday that the claims suggesting overflight permission was granted to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plane are not true.

Keceli made a statement regarding the allegations that overflight permission was given to Netanyahu's aircraft.

He said: "The claims that overflight permission was granted to the Israeli Prime Minister's plane are absolutely untrue. No such request has been conveyed to us either."