Turkey's negative attitude to the possible accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO was expressed on Friday by Tayyip Erdogan, who described the Scandinavian countries as "hostels of terrorists" and "remembered" the attitude of the Alliance's administrations in his country's relationship with Greece.
The Turkish president said: "We are currently monitoring developments regarding Sweden and Finland, but we are not in a positive mood. They made mistakes in NATO with the case of Greece in the past, its previous administrations, you know the attitude of Greece towards Turkey. We do not want to commit a mistake. The Nordic countries are like hostels for terrorist organizations."
Erdogan also reacted to the "general permission" given by the US to exempt from US sanctions territories in northern Syria, including those controlled by the Kurdish YPG rebels, whom Turkey describes as a "regional branch of the PKK."
"I don't know what to say about Biden. After we see all the facts and Biden's exact statements, then we will reveal our position. First of all, the YPG is a terrorist organization and it is the same as the PKK. It is not possible to accept this mistake of America. America has given all kinds of financial support against the terrorist organisation PKK, against all organisations in northern Syria. It has sent equipment and ammunition in trucks. Now we are hearing about such things. What we did in northern Iraq, we will continue to do in northern Syria, regardless of which one is the PKK or the YPG. We cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the terrorists. We say this to countries that seem friendly. You are wrong, get your steps right. We will analyze them in our future meetings," the Turkish president said."
On the same issue, Mevlut Cavusoglu reacted strongly yesterday, stressing that the lifting of US sanctions on territories controlled by YPG rebels in Syria is an attempt to legitimize a "terrorist group. At the same time, he described the latest US move as "biased, without objective criteria."
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