Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan did not participate in the Beijing leg of the tour and will also miss the trip of a group of Muslim countries to Moscow today as President Tayyip Erdogan is on a visit to Algeria, Reuters quoted a Turkish source as saying.

Fidan said on Monday he would join the next legs of the tour. He told Al Jazeera at the weekend that Muslim countries had, for now, decided to use “all diplomatic and humanitarian means” available to end the fighting in Gaza, adding Israeli attacks on the enclave must be stopped at the UN and other platforms with the efforts of like-minded countries.

The group will meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron during visits to Britain and France on Wednesday, the source said. Turkish media reported the group would visit France and Britain on Wednesday.

Separately, a group of 87 Turks, Turkish Cypriots, and their relatives arrived in Egypt from Gaza on Monday, and are expected to fly to Istanbul late on Tuesday, the source said.