The Turkish President expressed his annoyance President Tayyip Erdogan for the applause of members of Congress for Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis when he referred to the Cyprus problem.[/B]
"On the one hand, when they talk to us, they say, we want to improve our relations with you, but on the other hand they stand up and say, on Cyprus we don't look positively on the two-state solution," he said.
The Turkish president argued that if Finland and Sweden join NATO, they will do the same "numbers" as Greece, while complaining about the US base in Alexandroupolis. He added that they would say no to Finland and Sweden joining NATO.
In a meeting with young people at the National Library, Erdogan said that "NATO is a security organization, we do not accept terrorist organizations to enter this security organization."
Addressing his audience, he added that "as you know, Sweden, Finland have given shelter to terrorist organizations."
He added that "as you know, Sweden, Finland have given shelter to terrorist organizations. They will host the PKK and the YPG, they will march and hang their swastikas (meaning PKK flags) on the bridges. They will encourage terrorist sources in my country and finance them. We said to these countries, including those who provide them with weapons, that NATO is a security organization, we cannot accept the existence of terrorist organizations in such a security organization."
In the past, he added, some people got in. "Among them are Germany and France. Besides, Greece and France were in and out. But then unfortunately, the government of that period in Turkey paved the way for them and they were able to get back into NATO again." What happened when they came back, he posed the question to add, "for example, right now America has set up a base in Alexandroupolis. And the FETO terrorist organization is traveling to Europe through Greece and ignoring the list of terrorists we gave them and they continue to protect them."
The Turkish President also said that "they tell us, tell us your claims, we can ask Finland and Sweden. We do not want to go into the same hole we once went into. We have experienced this with Greece. We know that Finland and Sweden will do the same to us. Why would we make such a blunder?"
He further stated that "we have told our friends that we will say no to the accession of Finland and Sweden, we will continue on our way."
Referring to Greece, Tayyip Erdogan said that "they owe 400 billion euros to the West, and the West is still supporting them with weapons and allowing them to build bases." On the one hand, when they talk to them, he argued, they tell them "we want to improve our relations with you," but on the other hand, he added, they stand up and say "regarding Cyprus, we do not see the two-state solution positively."
Continuing, the Turkish president said, "who is telling you that we will see positively something that you do not see positively? Sorry. If we are Turkey of 85 million people, this country has been in the hole once before. But we certainly don't want to go down that hole again. That is why we will resolutely continue this policy and we have told our competent friends that we will say no to Finland and Sweden joining NATO and we will continue our way in this way."
Source: CNA
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