Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan confirmed that he banned the official Wing of Zion plane, which was supposed to carry the country's President Isaac Herzog, from entering Turkish airspace on its way to the COP29 UN climate conference in Azerbaijan. "Turkey needed to do this," Erdogan clarified. "As you know, we completely severed trade ties with Israel. We also did not allow the Israeli president to use our airspace on the way to Baku. Turkey is obligated to demonstrate its position on a number of issues, and we will do so." According to him, Herzog, who canceled the trip, had other ways to get to the conference.