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Erdogan on Sweden and Finland joining NATO: We can not say yes – We made the same mistake with Greece

“We can not say yes,” the Turkish president repeated today Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying it expects Turkey’s NATO allies to understand its security sensitivities and support it. During his speech to members of the Justice and Development Party, reiterates that Swedish and Finnish delegations do not need to bother to go to Turkey He added that Sweden should not wait for Turkey to approve its application for NATO membership without returning the “terrorists”.

“Supporting terrorism and asking for our support is incompatible,” he was quoted as saying by international news agencies and the Athenian News Agency.

“It is clear that our allies do not share this sensitivity, although they show unlimited tolerance in some countries that show all sorts of wrong things in NATO and the EU. It does not mean that we will say unequivocally yes to every proposal that is presented to us. It is, at least, inconsistent to support the PKK / YPG terrorist organization and ask us for support for NATO membership. We asked for 30 terrorists from Sweden, they said we would not give them. You will not give in to the terrorists, but you will ask us to join NATO. We can not say “yes”. This mistake was once made with Greece. Greece and France had left NATO, unfortunately we said “yes” to join later. We will not make the same mistake. They wanted to come on Monday. Do not bother, there is no need. We are not plotting anyone’s territory. “Our only goal is to cut off actions aimed at destabilizing our country,” Erdogan said. ERT.

Austria: We will remain neutral, but not isolated

Meanwhile, its Foreign Minister Austria Alexander Salenberg again ruled out the possibility of his country joining NATO, but clarified that military neutrality does not imply political neutrality.

“We will remain neutral,” Salenberg told German radio station Deutschlandfunk. the relevant requests from Sweden and Finland. The two countries, the Austrian minister said, were making huge changes in their security policy with great speed, while he pointed out that other EU countries, Malta and Ireland, remain outside the Alliance.

However, the rejection of a partnership with NATO does not mean that Austria is isolated from international politics or that it does not show solidarity., stressed Mr. Salenberg and reminded that since its accession to the EU the country has supported all the measures of common foreign and security policy. “We have always known where we are,” he said, when asked if Austria would risk being left alone in the event of an escalation of the military conflict in Ukraine. to see this as positive. “Military neutrality does not mean political neutrality. “Austria is clearly on the Ukrainian side,” he said, describing the war as a “rupture with civilization.” His country, he said, supports Ukraine, not with military, but with humanitarian material and will continue to do so.

Source: News Beast

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