Recep Tayyip Erdogan “left no hope that he will soon agree to Sweden joining NATO”
They had a telephone conversation earlier this evening Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz with the president of Turkey Tayyip Erdoganahead of the NATO summit on July 11 and 12 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
According to the chancellery’s statement, the two leaders exchanged views on the upcoming meeting and the issues on the agenda, “mainly on the security situation in Europe and the completion, soon, of the accession of Sweden in the Alliance”.
The German chancellor and the Turkish president “also discussed further steps to expand cooperation on various issues and deepen the exchange of views,” the statement said.
On the same subject, his telegram German News Agency dpa refers to the corresponding announcement of the Turkish presidency, in which it is emphasized that Tayyip Erdogan “left no hope that he will soon agree to Sweden’s accession to NATO”. The Turkish president admitted that Sweden has taken “steps in the right direction, but there are still”, as he said, “unacceptable situations”, such as the fact that permission is given for demonstrations during which “terrorist propaganda is spread”.
According to dpa, the Turkeydespite the recent tightening of Sweden’s anti-terrorism legislation, accuses Sweden of not taking decisive enough action against “terrorist organizations”, meaning primarily the Kurdish PKK.
Source :Skai
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