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TEHRAN, December 22 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on Friday for the United States to step back from its decision to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel's ‘capital’ after the United Nations voted against the move despite what he called "ugly and unforgivable" U.S. threats.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - More than 120 countries defied President Donald Trump on Thursday and voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to drop its recent recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel's ‘capital’.
"Despite threats, the U.N. took an honorable stance," Erdogan said at a meeting of his AK Party in Istanbul. "The U.S. should turn back from this wrong step."
Trump had threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that voted in favor. A total of 128 countries backed the resolution, which is non-binding, nine voted against and 35 abstained. Twenty-one countries did not cast a vote.
"The U.S. attitude ahead of the U.N. vote will be remembered in the history of democracy as an ugly and unforgivable act," Erdogan said.
"The White House picked up the phone and called these countries one by one, threatening them blatantly," Erdogan said, without elaborating.
Source: Reuters
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