Turkey will veto the entry of Sweden y Finland in NATO if these countries maintain what Ankara considers a policy of hosting terrorists. The Turkish president does not understand this open attitude towards the Kurdish militants.
“Neither of the two countries has an attitude that is clear and unmistakable towards terrorist organizations,” Erdogan stressed.
Last day 13, Erdogan He already warned that he did not see well this intention of both Nordic countries to join NATO. A Swedish delegation is planning to visit the country.
“They will come to Turkey on Monday. They will come to persuade us, I’m sorry, but they must not get tired,” said the Turkish president.
The European Union consider the PKK a terrorist organization, but it does not extend this qualification to the Kurdish militia People’s Protection Units that are supported by the United States and other countries. For Turkey, however, they are part of the same entity due to the links between them.
Yesterday, Sunday, the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavusoglu, discussed the issue with his Swedish and Finnish counterparts, Ann Linde and Pekka Haavisto, during an informal meeting of the OTAN In Berlin.
The head of Turkish diplomacy stressed that the response of Finland had been “respectful and even-handed”, but that Sweden’s attitude was “unfortunately not constructive”, and that “provocative statements continue”, but left the door open for future negotiations.
