US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut financial aid to countries that will vote Thursday a text that rejects the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
"Do not sell yourself"
Turkey urged Thursday the international community not to "sell" for "a handful of dollars."
"I appeal to the world: above all, do not sell your democratic will for a handful of dollars.The dollars will come back, but a will that has been sold will never come back," said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a speech in Ankara.
The checkbook diplomacy
The same text was blocked on Monday at the security council by the United States. The US ambassador to the United Nations used her veto. The 14 other members of the Council, including France and Great Britain, had approved the resolution, which considers as null and void any unilateral decision aimed at changing the status of Jerusalem.
Ambassador Nikki Haley had made all the anger of the United States.
"The United States did not expect those they helped to target," writes Nikki Haley.
"They take billions of dollars, and then they vote against us," lamented President Donald Trump, adding that it will save him money in the future. The former businessman therefore think to operate the diplomacy checkbook. But on an issue as emblematic as Jerusalem, it does not work.
It is the UN General Assembly that must vote on this text today.
