We can stop flow of foreign fighters to Syria: Erdogan

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AP, United Nations :The president of Turkey on Wednesday accused the international community of doing too little to stem the flow of foreign fighters to Syria and slammed the UN Security Council’s inaction on some of the world’s most pressing issues.In two separate speeches in New York, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was playing a leading role in fighting terrorism but was not being aided by the rest of the world.”We can stop this flow of foreign terrorist fighters only if our friends and partners awaiting our cooperation show, themselves, a sort of cooperation as well,” Erdogan said.”This is not a fight to be carried out solely by Turkey,” he added. He spoke at a Security Council meeting where members unanimously approved a resolution requiring countries to prevent the recruitment and transport of foreign fighters preparing to join terrorist groups. It was an unusual Security Council meeting chaired by President Barack Obama and attended largely by heads of state for the 15 member states.

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