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Türkiye lashes out Sweden's rejection to investigate terrorist PKK's provocation against President
(MENAFN) Türkiye condemned Sweden's rejection to accuse backers of the PKK terror group for last week's provocative protests against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Stockholm.
"The (Swedish) prosecutor office's decision to not probe the incident is extremely absurd, we all know what the rule of law means," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a joint news session with his Iranian fellow Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Ankara, Türkiye's capital.
The provocation started by terrorists, Cavusoglu stated, reminding Sweden of the three-party memorandum as well as Finland, which was inked in a NATO meeting last June, to address Türkiye's security worries.
"When you look at Sweden's testimony in the memorandum, do they have a promise to fight them (terrorists)? Yes, they have. Secondly, we are talking about freedom of expression. Is this attack, this provocation a racist attack? Yes," he added.
The Turkish foreign minister questioned Swedish experts if racism and hate crimes are seen as offences in the Nordic nation.
"This is a racist and hateful act ... a hate crime, this is against universal values and is a crime according to international law. If they think that Sweden is distracting us with word games, we would like to say that they are only deceiving themselves," Cavusoglu went on to note.
He also said that Sweden will "either fall victim to the mines laid by terrorists, or we will all walk forward by considering the safety of us and fulfilling the commitments in the memorandum. The decision here is on Sweden."
"The (Swedish) prosecutor office's decision to not probe the incident is extremely absurd, we all know what the rule of law means," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a joint news session with his Iranian fellow Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Ankara, Türkiye's capital.
The provocation started by terrorists, Cavusoglu stated, reminding Sweden of the three-party memorandum as well as Finland, which was inked in a NATO meeting last June, to address Türkiye's security worries.
"When you look at Sweden's testimony in the memorandum, do they have a promise to fight them (terrorists)? Yes, they have. Secondly, we are talking about freedom of expression. Is this attack, this provocation a racist attack? Yes," he added.
The Turkish foreign minister questioned Swedish experts if racism and hate crimes are seen as offences in the Nordic nation.
"This is a racist and hateful act ... a hate crime, this is against universal values and is a crime according to international law. If they think that Sweden is distracting us with word games, we would like to say that they are only deceiving themselves," Cavusoglu went on to note.
He also said that Sweden will "either fall victim to the mines laid by terrorists, or we will all walk forward by considering the safety of us and fulfilling the commitments in the memorandum. The decision here is on Sweden."
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