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U.S. Welcomes Turkey's Decision to Send Troops to Lebanon
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.09.2006 13:58 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ U.S. Department of State spokesman Sean McCormack
has said that his country welcomed the approval of the government
motion in the Turkish parliament regarding the deployment of Turkish
troops to Lebanon, reported Cihan news agency.
Spokesman McCormack on Wednesday stated that they (U.S.) welcomed the
offer, in his regular press briefing held in U.S. capital Washington
DC. "We think it's important that countries around the world step
up and meet an important need so that we do -- we are able to make
progress in that small corner of the world", the McCormack remarked.
McCormack added that, thus, they would not end up back where they were
at the beginning of hostilities thanks to finding such common points.
A total of 340 deputies from the ruling Justice and Development Party
(AKP) voted in favor of the government motion, while 192 deputies
voted against the motion. One deputy abstained from voting.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.09.2006 13:58 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ U.S. Department of State spokesman Sean McCormack
has said that his country welcomed the approval of the government
motion in the Turkish parliament regarding the deployment of Turkish
troops to Lebanon, reported Cihan news agency.
Spokesman McCormack on Wednesday stated that they (U.S.) welcomed the
offer, in his regular press briefing held in U.S. capital Washington
DC. "We think it's important that countries around the world step
up and meet an important need so that we do -- we are able to make
progress in that small corner of the world", the McCormack remarked.
McCormack added that, thus, they would not end up back where they were
at the beginning of hostilities thanks to finding such common points.
A total of 340 deputies from the ruling Justice and Development Party
(AKP) voted in favor of the government motion, while 192 deputies
voted against the motion. One deputy abstained from voting.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress