The statement came the day after Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey did not appreciate Finland's and Sweden's plans for NATO.
Turkey does not close the doors of Sweden and Finland to join NATO , but wants talks with the Scandinavian countries and the suppression of terrorist activities, said the press secretary of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an interview with Reuters.
“We are not closing the door. But we are mainly raising this issue as Turkey's national security issue, “said Ibrahim Kalin, who is also the president's chief foreign policy adviser.
veto the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO. According to him, Turkey does not have a positive opinion about the accession of these countries to the North Atlantic Alliance, and “the Scandinavian countries are like a guest house for terrorist organizations.”
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