Turkey opposes the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO

Recep Tayyip Erdoganthe president of Turkeyassured this Friday that his country is not favorable to an accession of Finland Y Sweden to NATOaccusing Scandinavian countries of harboring Kurdish militants.

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“We do not have a positive opinion. The Scandinavian countries are like a guest house for terrorist organizations.”Erdogan told the press, citing the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), considered a group “terrorist” by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.

The head of state assured that he does not want “repeat the same mistake that was made with the accession of Greece”.

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“We are currently following the evolution of Sweden and Finland, but we do not have a positive opinion, because they made a mistake in NATO regarding Greece before, against Turkey”, declared the head of state after the Friday prayer in Istanbul.

Turkey’s reaction is the first dissonant voice within NATO on the possibility of Finland and Sweden joining the North Atlantic Alliance.

Since the beginning of the crisis and then after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Turkey has done its best to maintain good relations with the two countries, on which its economy closely depends.

Source: Elcomercio

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