Erdogan is “short-circuiting” NATO: Sweden will be shocked!

“Sweden will be shocked” the president of Turkey claimed on Sunday Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a recital of intransigence for the Nordic country’s accession to NATO, while we enter the final stretch for the Turkish elections.

“On the issue of joining NATO, Turkey may send a completely different message to Finland, and Sweden will be shocked,” Erdogan said, as reported by SKAI’s Istanbul correspondent Manolis Kostidis.

Regarding the burning of the Koran in Sweden, the Turkish president said: “Did they eliminate Islam by burning our Koran? They just showed how dishonorable they are.”

“Turkey is under intense pressure for the two countries to join NATO, and under these conditions the F-16s are delayed, after the strict message of the USA on the matter” commented Manolis Kostidis.

The split between Finland and Sweden may be another tactical move by Erdogan to counter pressure from the US.

“We have not been able to get even what we have paid from countries that we said are our friends and allies, unfortunately even now,” Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar previously commented. leaving spikes against the US for the F-16s.

Shots also against Sweden – Finland

“They said they would get the terrorists out of Finland and Sweden and we would lift the (arms) embargo they had imposed on Turkey. Now they demand from our parliament they are waiting for approval for them (Sweden, Finland) to participate in NATO. We don’t say anything, we just say: ‘do the right thing’, it’s that simple.”
“Against the vile actions, against the immoral and the undignified who burn the Koran, Turkey exists,” he said characteristically.

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