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“It is our priority objective in foreign policy and we have options to achieve it .” With this phrase, an authorized voice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs defines the situation of the Spanish candidacy to join the UN Security Council during the 2015-2016 biennium. The same source, consulted by El Confidencial Digital , explains that Spain has 'rivals' of great "entity and international weight" such as Turkey and New Zealand , although the Government considers that Spain's investments in different areas of foreign policy could benefit the Spanish interests. Türkiye, the great candidate, in a delicate situation Despite the international career of Spain, which has already been on the UN Security Council up to four times , Turkey presented itself as the aspiring country with the most options for representation in this United Nations body. Foreign sources explain to this newspaper that the Ottoman country is considered, among European powers, “a great value for the present and future .” Its geostrategic location, as a link between Europe and Asia, and the fact that part of its population is Muslim, gave Turkey a certain advantage over Spain to return to the UN .
However, the social outbreak that occurred in Istanbul at the beginning of June, with massive concentrations in Taksim Square and the clashes between Police and protesters during the eviction of said enclave, have not gone unnoticed on the international scene. Foreign policy experts consulted by ECD assure that “the fact of aspiring to an international security position, having problems controlling internal Special Database rebellions,” has made Turkey lose options . However, “there is still a year left for the UN to make a decision and the situation may change until then.” Peace operations and investments in development, strengths of Spain The difficult situation that Spain is going through can be decisive and benefit Spain. However, from Foreign Affairs they assure this confidentiality that our country already has a series of strengths that give it real options to enter the United Nations organization. Specifically, according to authorized sources from the Ministry, Spain “is a reference” in international peace operations , as well as one of the main investing countries in development programs . To this we must add the support of the South American countries that Rajoy and Margallo worked on during the last Ibero-American Summit.
According to Foreign Affairs, "the Government is already gathering support , and the Ibero-American Summit held in Cádiz on November 16 and 17 expressed its support for Spain's aspirations." The campaign will be more austere than in 2005 The ministerial sources consulted by ECD assure that the Spanish candidacy for the UN Security Council is a “project for everyone ” that also has the support of the opposition, with the PSOE at the helm. Although the official figures are not known, the Ministry assures that, due to the current economic situation, the campaign to obtain support until October 2014 will be “more austere” than the one carried out in 2005 by the Zapatero Government.The presence of the vice president of the Government at the Club Siglo XXI has managed to quell speculation about José María Aznar's return to the front line. The Government, therefore, is especially calm about having deactivated this option. But Moncloa, as we say, did not decide until the last minute . El Confidencial Digital has been able to learn how the presence of Sáenz de Santamaría was created at the event in which Aznar was the protagonist. That was what happened: -- Mariano Rajoy did not want any minister of his Government to accompany the former president at his conference. He was really upset by the criticism that his predecessor in the PP had publicly leveled at him and his way of running the country. His opinion, therefore, was to leave Aznar alone and show a distancing.