Obama warns Turkey against current position on Israel
August 16, 2010 - 13:06 AMT 08:06 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Financial Times reports today that US President Barack Obama has personally warned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that unless Ankara shifts its position on Israel and Iran it stands little chance of obtaining the US weapons it wants to buy.
A senior administration official said that Obama told Erdogan that some of Turkey's recent actions have caused questions to be raised on Capitol Hill about "whether we can have confidence in Turkey as an ally".
Turkey is a member of NATO and currently serves on the UN Security Council. The Financial Times says that Washington was deeply frustrated when Turkey voted against United Nations sanctions on Iran in June.
Last week, the Obama administration warned Lebanon, whose US aid is not a foregone conclusion, that if there is another incident between the Lebanese Army and the IDF, there is no assurance that that administration would be able to prevent Congress from suspending aid to Beirut, globes.co.il reported
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