The United States’ veto of a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza was a “complete disappointment,” Turkiye’s ministry of foreign affairs has said, Reuters reports.

“Our friends once again expressed that America is now alone on this issue, especially in the voting held at the United Nations today,” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in an interview with state broadcaster TRT on Friday.

The feeling of “complete disappointment” was emphasised during the meeting, the ministry said in a post on social messaging platform X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday.

Fidan said he also discussed Sweden’s bid to join NATO during a bilateral meeting with Blinken.

“From now on, it is at the discretion of the parliament, and we have conveyed this to our counterparts,” Fidan said.