And Turkey lost once again... This time, a U.N. Security Council Seat that went to Spain. What a shame for all that money spent on this expensive dinner... On Wednesday night, Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, hosted a posh party for diplomats at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, where many of the guests predicted an easy victory for Turkey. But some diplomats said after the Thursday vote they had detected an unmistakable movement away from the Turkish camp to Spain. Syria, as well as its ally Iran and several others, are also peeved by Erdoğan’s frequent calls to unseat Syrian President Bashar Assad. Several Western countries are alarmed by recent reports of Turkish attacks on Kurds fighting ISIS in Syria. And Turkey’s traditional opponent, its neighbor Greece, is also said to have lobbied against its election to the U.N.’s most prestigious body. It’s surprising, because I was told just days ago that Turkey received letters of support from 160 countries, said one diplomat after the secret ballot ended in Turkey’s failure to edge out Spain. The diplomat noted, however, that Spain received 154 letters of support from the 193 General Assembly members. This isn’t the way this should be done, said the diplomat. This surely isnt. newsweek/venezuela-malaysia-angola-new-zealand-win-un-council-seats-277962
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:08:14 +0000
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