Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that Turkey barred President Isaac Herzog from using the country's airspace, forcing him to cancel a planned visit to the UN COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan. Erdogan cited Turkey's opposition to Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza as the reason for the refusal. This incident follows a similar instance in which Jordan refused to allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fly over its airspace. Azerbaijan, an Israeli ally, is bordered by Iran, making it difficult for an Israeli aircraft to reach Baku without flying over Turkey and Georgia or Syria, Iraq, and Iran. The rest of the Israeli delegation is attending the conference as planned.
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