TURKEY DESERVES A NON-PERMANENT SEAT IN THE UN SC?
PanARMENIAN.Net
13.10.2008 14:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said his
country deserves a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council
because of Ankara’s growing influence on international affairs.
Ali Babacan was speaking Sunday before departing for New York for a
final round of lobbying for the seat which comes to a vote on Oct. 17,
the AP reports.
The UN General Assembly will elect five nations to serve two-year
stints on the council. Turkey is racing against Austria and Iceland
for two Western European seats.
The mostly Muslim country which is seeking European Union membership
has been acting as a bridge between the West and the Muslim world,
is involved in peacekeeping missions and has been working toward
Middle East peace.