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Turkey peculiarly absent from Tehran

Posted by seumasach on August 27, 2012

Kaveh Afrasiabi

Asia Times

28th August, 2012

 

Ankara has decided to boycott this week’s Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran, which has been much maligned in the Western media despite the summit’s potential to contribute to mediation efforts on the conflict in Syria. By all indications, this decision reflects a low point in Turkish foreign policy.

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