17 minutes agoSweden's reaction came following Erdogan's accusations
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)“Suedia is certainly not funding or arming terrorist organisations”, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has said, countering Turkey's claims that the Scandinavian state has welcomed terrorist groups, writes The Guardian, Pryskopi explains. “We don't send money to terrorist organisations, nor weapons, of course”, she said at a conference [...]
“We don't send money to terrorist organisations or weapons, of course”, she said at a news conference.
Her statements came as Finnish and Swedish delegations began talks with Ankara, which Andersson said would produce opportunities to clarify what she called <x0-compliance” that are circulating about Sweden's support to specific groups.
Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan has opposed the membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO and insisted that he would not approve their demands.
On Monday, Turkey published a list of five requirements for Sweden, including calls to end arms supplies of Kurdish groups in Syria. /Periscopi/
