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Sweden: Talks with Ankara to clear up misunderstandings over NATO membership

Swedes diplomats will discuss her demands Turkey during meetings to be held today in Ankara aimed at resolving Turkish reservations on the applications of Sweden and Finland for their accession to NATOsaid the Swedish Prime Minister, Magdalena Anderson.

“Of course we will look at and discuss the list and sort out a number of things that were vague in media reports and statements from other parties,” Anderson said.

“It is clear that the issue is where we send our financial aidfor example, and that we sell weapons. We are not sending money to terrorist organizations, obviously – not even weapons“, He added, according to the APE-MPE.

It is recalled that, after Russian invasion of Ukraine Sweden and Finland decided to join NATO, overturning the policy of years. However Turkey surprised its NATO allies by raising it last week objections in the accession of the two countries.

Ankara claims that the Sweden and the Finland sponsor individuals associated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and supporters of the former imam, US-exiled Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey accuses of orchestrating the failed 2016 coup.

Source: News Beast

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