Tsavousoglou: US will send the necessary messages to address our concerns about Finland-Sweden

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The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Tsavousoglu characterized “extremely positive “ his meeting on Wednesday with his American counterpart Anthony Blinken in New York while Ankara threatens to block Sweden and Finland join NATO.

«I can say that we had an extremely positive meeting“, The head of the Turkish diplomacy told the journalists after the meeting with his American counterpart.

The meeting between Tsavusoglu and Blinken took place in the context of “US-Turkey Strategic Mechanism »in order to improving relations between the two countries, which are characterized by lively tensions recent years.

Ankara’s threat to block Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO was also on the agenda.

«Blinken assures US will send needed messages to address Turkey’s concerns“On this issue,” Tsavousoglou said.

Turkey accuses the two Nordic countries of showing off mercy to the Kurdish PKK guerrillas (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) which considers it a terrorist organization.

«It is unacceptable for allies or those who want to join the alliance to support terrorist organizations that target us“, Noted Tsavousoglou and added that”it is also unacceptable to impose restrictions on the sale of arms to an ally».

The United States is “convinced that Sweden and Finland will have an effective NATO accession process and that the Turkey’s concerns can be answered“, The White House announced earlier today.

The head of Turkish diplomacy also stated optimistic for the evolution of their dossier of US F-16 fighter jetsrequested by Turkey.

«The technical talks between the military are going very well. There are also positive messages from Congress“, He said, referring to the agreement that must be reached by the US Congress for these exports.

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