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Swedish Foreign Minister criticizes ‘misinformation’ about PKK

Sweden’s foreign minister has spoken out against “misinformation” about Sweden and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), after Turkey accused the Scandinavian country of backing the militant group by complicating NATO enlargement.

Turkey is threatening to block Sweden and Finland from joining the alliance following their request this week to join.

“Given the widespread misinformation about Sweden and the PKK, we would like to remind you that the Swedish government of Ulf Palme was the first after Turkey to classify the PKK as a terrorist organization since 1984,” the Foreign Minister wrote on Twitter. Be.

“The EU followed in 2002 … This position remains unchanged,” he added.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Sweden and Finland were hosting and financing “terrorists”, reiterating Ankara’s accusation that the two countries supported organizations that Turkey considered terrorist, namely the PKK and the Kurdish militia. Syria.

Source: Capital

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