Gates’disappointed’ by Turkey’s Iran vote

EarthTimes.org
June 11 2010

Gates’disappointed’ by Turkey’s Iran vote

Posted : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:48:55 GMT
By : dpa

Brussels – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that he was
“disappointed” by Turkey’s decision to vote against a UN Security
Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran.

Only Turkey and Brazil voted against the measure, which was backed by
all five Security Council veto holders – Britain, China, France,
Russia and the United States.

“I was disappointed in Turkey’s vote on the Iranian sanctions,” Gates
said after talks with NATO counterparts in Brussels. Turkey is also a
NATO member.

Turkey and the US have been allies since the Cold War. But they are at
odds over a range of issues, including Israel’s recent attack on an
aid flotilla to Gaza and US moves to declare the killing of thousands
of Armenians in 1915 a genocide.

“That said, Turkey is a decades-long ally of the US … Allies don’t
always agree on things, but I think we move forward from here and
we’ll just do that,” Gates said.

From: A. Papazian