Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has returned to threaten him Veto Sweden’s accession to NATO. “The Swedish government shouldn’t talk about rights and freedoms: First, it shows respect for the beliefs of religious people, if there is no respect, there will be none support on our part for Stockholm’s candidacy for NATO». This is what Turkish President Erdogan said during a speech broadcast on Turkey’s state television Trt. It was the Saturday 21 January protests that infuriated the leader of Ankara: the Danish far-right exponent, Rasmus Paludan, he actually burned a copy of the Koran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. “Those who allow it blasphemy in front of our embassy (in Stockholm) they can no longer expect our support for their NATO membership,” added the leader of Ankara, according to which “no individual has the freedom to insult the beliefs of Muslims”. For his part, the Swedish foreign minister Tobias Billstrom He declined to immediately comment on Erdogan’s statements. In fact, as Portal reports, Billstrom “wanted to understand exactly what was being said. But Sweden – he continues – will respect the existing agreement between Sweden, Finland and Turkey regarding our membership in the Atlantic Alliance,” he added. In fact, Turkey has been asking Stockholm for some time to take a clear stance against the groups that Erdogan calls “terrorists,” i.e. the Kurdish militants. Sweden and Finland have formally applied NATO membership last year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ending decades of neutrality. However, in order for the process to be completed, all 30 member states must unanimously approve the countries’ accession. Which is why Turkey can threaten not to support the Scandinavian country’s candidacy.
USA: “The Koran burning an attempt to sabotage the NATO unit”
The United States has defined “repulsive” the Koran burning by the far-right activist in Sweden, who claimed it may have been an attempt to sabotage NATO unity. “It is deeply disrespectful to burn books that are sacred to many,” a State Department spokesman told reporters. Ned price. “It’s disgusting,” he added, calling the incident “disgusting and cowardly.” And then again: “The Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan may have deliberately tried to split Sweden and Turkey”.
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