Jordan's King Abdullah II on Monday told Turkish President Abdullah Gul that Amman supported Ankara's call for an international investigation of Israel's bloody raid on a convoy of aid ships bound for Gaza last week, a royal court statement said, DPA reported.
The monarch telephoned Gul to convey his condolences for the deaths of nine activists - eight Turks and one of Turkish descent - who were killed during last Monday's raid.
"The conduct of an international and independent investigation is imperative because the attack represented a crime and a flagrant violation of international law," a royal court statement quoted King Abdullah as telling Gul.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu on Monday insisted on an international probe of the Israeli raid, and said it was a condition for the normalisation of ties between Israel and Turkey which came under severe strain after the incident.
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