Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- Turkey on Friday strongly condemned Israel's decision to invite new tenders for building more settlements mainly in East Kuds.

Israel was insistently pursuing its settlement activities, which is an obvious violation of international laws, Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

The Israeli government on one hand called the Palestinians to resume talks and on the other hand continued on illegal settlement activities, said the ministry, adding that this was a serious contradiction and would deepen the doubts about Israeli attitude regarding peace process.