The Turkish president has reaffirmed that Sweden and Finland are refusing to join the Atlantic alliance because of their ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Kurdish organization considered terrorist by Ankara.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said last week’s talks with the Finnish and Swedish delegations were not “at the level expected”, so Ankara can’t approve countries that “support terrorism” to join NATO The Turkish public channel TRT Haber announced this on Sunday.
Erdogan communicated to the media this Sunday, on his return from his trip to Azerbaijan, about Turkey’s refusal for Sweden and Finland to join the Atlantic alliance: “they are not fair or upright.”
“As long as Tayyip Erdogan is President of the Republic of Turkey, we absolutely cannot say yes to countries that support terrorism and join NATO,” he added.
On May 18, NATO’s decision-making body, which brings together all allies, held a first meeting at which members of the organization gave the green light to start accession negotiations with Sweden and Finland.
The allies did not give the green light to open negotiations with Helsinki and Stockholm, because of Turkey’s reticencewho also claimed to have links between the two Scandinavian countries with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)Kurdish organization considered terrorist to Ankara.
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Source: EITB
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