Finland, Sweden Should Not Support PKK/YPG Terrorist Group: Turkey
Date
5/15/2022 3:46:35 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The Foreign Minister urged Finland and Sweden on Saturday to
stop the“unacceptable and outrageous” support they are providing
to the PKK/YPG terrorist organization, potentially complicating the
alliance's enlargement as the two Scandinavian countries consider
joining NATO, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah .
In a doorstep statement ahead of an informal NATO foreign
ministers' meeting in Berlin, Mevlut Cavushoglu said Turkey has
always backed NATO's open-door policy.
However, Cavushoglu said Sweden and Finland were 'openly
supporting and are engaging with PKK/YPG terrorist organization'
which has been 'attacking Turkey and killing Turkish troops and
people.'
'Therefore, it is unacceptable and outrageous that our friends
and allies are supporting this terrorist organization. And because
of our fight against this terrorist organization, there have been
export restrictions on the defense industry products that we are
importing from allies and some countries that are planning to be a
member of NATO,' he said.
'And that's why the big majority of the Turkish people are
against the membership of those countries who are supporting the
PKK/YPG terrorist organization and they're asking us to block this
membership. But, these are the issues that we need to talk about
with our NATO allies, as well as these countries,' he added.
Tags:
- PKK
- Turkey
- Sweden
- Finland
- Mevlut Cavushoglu
- YPG
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