Turkey chides Arabs for 'weak' reaction ahead of Jerusalem summit
Mevlut Cavusoglu
Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu arrives at a meeting to discuss the Rohingya situation during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City  U.S. September 18  2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
âSome Arab countries have shown very weak responses (on Jerusalem) â  Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu  said. âIt seems some countries are very timid of the United States.â
 He  said Egypt and the United Arab Emirates would send foreign ministers while Saudi Arabia had yet to say how it would participate. All three countries have delicate ties with Turkey  seeing links between the policies of Erdoganâs Islamist-rooted ruling AK Party and regional Islamist movements they oppose.
Other countries had also not said who they would send   Cavusoglu  said  adding that the meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation countries must stand up to what  he  called Washingtonâs âI am a super power  I can do anythingâ mentality.
âWe will make a call for countries that have so far not recognized Palestine to do so now â  he  said. â...We want the United States to turn back from its mistake.â
[TGT]  arrives at a meeting to discuss the Rohingya situation during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City  U.S. September 18  2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
âSome Arab countries have shown very weak responses (on Jerusalem) â   [TGT] said. âIt seems some countries are very timid of the United States.â
  [TGT]   said Egypt and the United Arab Emirates would send foreign ministers while Saudi Arabia had yet to say how it would participate. All three countries have delicate ties with Turkey  seeing links between the policies of Erdoganâs Islamist-rooted ruling AK Party and regional Islamist movements they oppose.
Other countries had also not said who they would send    [TGT] said  adding that the meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation countries must stand up to what  he  called Washingtonâs âI am a super power  I can do anythingâ mentality.
âWe will make a call for countries that have so far not recognized Palestine to do so now â  he  said. â...We want the United States to turn back from its mistake.â