ISTANBUL -
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday mentioned his objections to Sweden and Finland becoming a member of NATO with the 2 Nordic nations' leaders, Erdogan's workplace mentioned.
He spoke to Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in separate calls to handle Ankara's issues about these it considers terrorists of their nations, the presidential communications workplace mentioned in an announcement.
It mentioned Erdogan known as upon Sweden to elevate defensive weapons export restrictions it imposed on Turkey over Turkey's 2019 incursion into northern Syria. Erdogan additionally mentioned he anticipated Stockholm to take "concrete and critical steps" towards the Kurdish Staff' Celebration, or PKK, and different teams that Turkey views as terrorists.
He instructed Niinisto "that an understanding that ignores terrorist organizations that pose a menace to an ally inside NATO is incompatible with the spirit of friendship and alliance," the assertion added.
In one other name, the Turkish president additionally raised Turkey's issues with NATO Secretary Normal Jens Stoltenberg, who has mentioned he would take heed to Turkey's issues on the matter.
On Thursday, Niinisto and Andersson visited Washington, the place they spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden about their bids to hitch NATO in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Whereas different NATO nation seem welcoming to have Finland and Sweden be part of, Turkey has raised objections to their accession, principally over the presence of alleged terrorists of their nations and the block on arms gross sales.
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