Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed, during a telephone conversation with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersen, the need for Sweden to lift the restrictions it imposed on Turkey in the defense industries.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed today, Saturday, to Swedish Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersen, the need for her country to end political and financial support for “terrorist organizations” and “stop arming them”, according to the Turkish Anadolu Agency.
This came during a phone call, during which Erdogan discussed with the Swedish Prime Minister bilateral relations and her country’s request to join NATO.
Erdogan noted that Ankara “looks forward to Sweden taking concrete steps that take into account Turkish concerns about the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its extensions in Syria and Iraq.”
Erdogan also stressed the need for “Sweden to lift the restrictions that it imposed on Turkey in the defense industries, after it launched an operation.” spring of peace in Syria”.
In turn, Finnish President Sauliu Niinisto told President Erdogan today, Saturday, that Finland is committed to ensuring mutual security in the event of our membership in NATO.
And after all of the Finland and SwedenA few days ago, with official requests to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country had “informed its friends Rejecting the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, and it will not accept its accession.Countries that support terrorism“.
The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, confirmed earlier that he “confident in the ability of NATO to Bypass Turkey’s objection Finland and Sweden join the alliance.