Al-Jaafari: Turkey’s failure to have non-permanent seat on Security Council
scandal
17/10/2014
http://www.sana.sy/en/?p=15437

New York, SANA (Syrian news agency)-Syria’s permanent envoy to the United
Nations Bashar al-Jaafari said that Turkey’s failure to have support of UN
states to gain a non-permanent seat on Security Council rises to the level
of moral scandal and indicates the failure of Turkish policy towards Syria
and Iraq.

“Turkey’s having 60 votes in turn for Spain’s 132 is a big relapse and a
loss that rises to the level of scandal for the government of Justice and
Development party, led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the bankruptcy of his
policy,” al-Jaafari told Syrian TV in a phone call.

He added that several envoys of the participating countries expressed their
resentment of the Justice and Development party’s policy, particularly
towards Syria.

Turkey failed to have a non-permanent seat on UN Security Council for the
coming two years; instead, Spain gained the seat with 132 votes.

Mazen Eyon