Turkey New Goal – UN Security Council Temporary Membership
07.04.2005 06:52
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The new goal of Turkey’s foreign policy is to become
a temporary member of the UN Security Council within 2009-2010,
the Yerkir newspaper reported. To attain this goal the Premier and
the Foreign Minister go on tour to the African and Muslim countries
hoping to win their support. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan will soon
visit the South African Republic, Morocco, Ethiopia and Tunisia, where
in the course of the meetings with the leader of those countries he
will ask them to support the initiative. Meanwhile Turkish Foreign
Minister Abdullah Gul has already visited Saudi Arabia, where he met
with Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Conferences
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. Yesterday the visit of the Turkish FM to the
United Arab Emirates began. The main advantage, making Turkey one of
the potential candidates for UN SC temporary member is contribution
to UN peacekeeping operations worldwide. Turkey will compete with
Austria and Island for the place in the Security Council.