Turkey has vowed to veto Finland and Sweden’s Nato applications.
Turkey has vowed to veto Finland and Sweden’s Nato applications just hours after they confirmed they would seek membership.
At a news conference on Monday, he said Nato would become a ‘hatchery’ for terrorists if they joined, adding: ‘Neither of these countries have a clear, open attitude towards terrorist organisations. How can we trust them?’ Turkey has previously accused the countries of harbouring members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party , an independence group it views as a terrorist organisation, and followers of the Gulen movement, which it accuses of attempting to overthrow Erdogan’s government in 2016.
President Erdogan also complained about both countries’ refusal to sell him weapons since he sent troops into Syria in 2019 to kill Kurdish freedom fighters who had been battling Assad and Islamic State. Finland refused to ‘bargain’ with President Erdogan, who wants refugee Kurdish rebels jailed in Turkey
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