Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in a video posted on his Twitter account today that Turkey has told its allies that it will refuse Sweden and Finland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) western military alliance.
Finland and Sweden formally applied Wednesday to join the US-led NATO, a decision encouraged by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Turkey’s objections surprised other alliance members.
“We will continue our policy resolutely. We told our allies that we would say no to Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership,” Erdogan said in an interview with students late Wednesday. said.
The Turkish president said that Sweden and Finland harbor and finance “terrorists” and supply them with weapons, reiterating Ankara’s accusation that the countries support groups they see as terrorists, such as the militant group of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish YPG. What Turkey sees as a terrorist group closely linked to the PKK.
“NATO is a security alliance and we cannot accept terrorists as a part of it,” Erdogan said. said.
source: Noticias
