Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said late Wednesday that there will be no compromise on where Turkey stands on Jerusalem, adding that recognition of the historic city as the capital of Palestine is not up for debate.

“It is absolutely nonbinding for us that the U.S. announced Jerusalem as an embassy [as the capital of Israel] by itself,” Erdoğan said in Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott during a joint press conference with the country’s President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, as part of his official five-day visit to the African Continent, which includes visits to Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal, and Mali.

Erdoğan highlighted the U.N. vote on Jerusalem by saying the world stood against the U.S.’ unilateral decision.

“The powerful are never right, but the right are powerful. This is what we saw there [at the U.N.]. We will never compromise from where we stand on Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine, and we have already announced that,” the Turkish president said during the joint presser with Aziz.

For his part, Aziz said it was underlined during the meetings with the Turkish delegate that a just solution within the framework of international law is needed for the Palestinian issue. He added that it is Palestinian’s right to establish a legitimate Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

The U.S. President Donald Trump controversially decided on Dec. 6 to recognize Jerusalem, a city that is home to the third holiest site in Islam—al-Aqsa Mosque—as Israel’s capital. The U.S. State Department announced on Feb. 24 that it would move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Occupied Jerusalem on May 14 — the day the colonizing Israeli entity was established and recognized by Washington in 1948. The moves have sparked widespread protests and universal condemnation.