The Turkish government has released a list of five demands to Sweden in order for the country to approve Sweden’s NATO bid, including halting support of groups Turkey considers to be terrorists.
the Turkish accusations on Tuesday saying, “Sweden is a major humanitarian donor to the Syria crisis through global allocations to humanitarian actors.”
“Sweden does not provide targeted support to Syrian Kurds or to the political or military structures in northeastern Syria, but the population in these areas is, of course, taking part in these aid projects,” she added.on Sweden’s stance on the PKK stating, “Due to the widespread disinformation about Sweden and the PKK, we would like to remind that the Swedish government under Olof Palme was only after Turkey to list the PKK as a terrorist organization, already in 1984.
“The EU followed suit in 2002 when Anna Lindh was Minister for Foreign Affairs. This stance remains unchanged,” she added. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his country’s opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO soon after both countries announced their intentions to apply to join the alliance.
“We have told our relevant friends we would say `no´ to Finland and Sweden´s entry into NATO, and we will continue on our path like this,” President Erdogan
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