THE Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu reiterated tonight that his country has reasonable security concerns because of the support it provides, he said. Sweden and Finland in “terrorist organizations”. That is why Ankara opposes the two Nordic countries joining NATO, he explained.
Speaking shortly before meeting with US counterpart Anthony Blinken in New York, Tsavusoglu said Ankara understood Sweden and Finland’s security concerns, but stressed that they needed to be addressed. the concerns of Turkey.
According to his post Reuters Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu was “in a state of crisis,” a NATO diplomat told Reuters about the night meeting in Berlin.
Tsavousoglu not only set conditions for Turkey to accept membership bids, but also raised his voice in Sweden in a bid that three NATO diplomats called a “shameful breach of protocol”.
“It was a historic moment for us, but Tsavousoglou said he was irritated by Linde’s ‘feminist policy’.”said another NATO diplomat, describing a very tense atmosphere at the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin, in which many allies chose silence to calm the situation.
“We were trying to understand what our Turkish colleague really wanted. It was embarrassing. “said the diplomat, who like others spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.
Ankara’s main demands are for the Nordic countries to stop supporting Kurdish militant groups in their territory and to lift their bans on certain arms sales to Turkey.
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