UNITED NATIONS, United States: Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela won coveted seats on the UN Security Council Thursday, but Turkey suffered a humbling defeat in its bid to join the world’s “top table.”The five countries garnered the required two-thirds support from the 193-country UN General Assembly during three rounds of voting that ended with Turkey picking up only 60 votes.Locked in a tight race against New Zealand and Spain, Turkey had dispatched Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on a high-profile mission to New York this week to lobby for votes.Turkey’s poor showing was seen by some UN diplomats as …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
