and supported Swedentogether with the United States and several NATO members, the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in their fight against ISIS "ISIS" terrorist.
However, Turkey has promised to block Sweden’s offer to join the alliance if it does not stop supporting these factions.
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Bellstrom told state radio: "There is a very close link between these organizations and the PKK, which benefits from the good relationship between us and Turkey".
.added "The main objective is the accession of Sweden Born".
The move comes just days before Prime Minister Ulf Christerson travels to Ankara to try to persuade the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan Allow Sweden to join the military alliance.
Sweden and Finland applied to join the alliance earlier this year after Russia announced its operation Ukraine.
And 28 of NATO’s 30 members agreed to the request.
Stoltenberg: "It is time to welcome" in Finland and Sweden
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed Thursday that Sweden and Finland They pledged to work with Turkey to address its concerns about their possible membership of the alliance, considering that the time has come to welcome them.
He said this at a press conference with the Turkish foreign minister Çavuşoğlu is born in Istanbul "It is time to welcome Finland and Sweden as NATO members".
Stoltenberg explained: "I understand your concerns"He added that Finland and Sweden are keen to work closely with Turkey to fight the pandemic "Terror"considering that "It is also in their best interest".
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and look Turkey for me Kurdish People’s Protection Unit Syria and its political wingDemocratic Union Party“As an extension of The Kurdistan Workers’ Partywhich declared a rebellion against Turkey in 1980 and is considered by Turkey and the United States and the European Union terrorist organization.
and supported Swedentogether with the United States and several NATO members, the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in their fight against ISIS.ISIS“The terrorist.
However, Turkey has promised to block Sweden’s offer to join the alliance if it does not stop supporting these factions.
“There is a very close link between these organizations and the PKK, which benefits from the good relationship between us and Turkey,” Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Bellstrom told state radio.
“The main objective is the accession of Sweden to the European Union,” he added Born“.
The move comes just days before Prime Minister Ulf Christerson travels to Ankara to try to persuade the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan Allow Sweden to join the military alliance.
Sweden and Finland applied to join the alliance earlier this year after Russia announced its operation Ukraine.
And 28 of NATO’s 30 members agreed to the request.
Stoltenberg: “It’s time to welcome” Finland and Sweden
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed Thursday that Sweden and Finland They pledged to work with Turkey to address its concerns about their possible membership of the alliance, considering that the time has come to welcome them.
He said this at a press conference with the Turkish foreign minister Çavuşoğlu is born in Istanbul “It is time to welcome Finland and Sweden as NATO members.”
“I understand your concerns,” Stoltenberg said, adding that Finland and Sweden were keen to work closely with Turkey to fight. “Terror“It’s also in their best interest,” he said.
