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Turkey cancels Swedish Defense Minister’s visit

ANKARA, January 21 – Novosti. Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that the visit of his Swedish counterpart, scheduled for January 27, was cancelled.
It was assumed that the head of the Swedish Ministry of Defense will discuss in Ankara the application of Stockholm for membership in NATO , which Turkey has not yet ratified.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar - Novosti, 1920, 01/17/2023
Turkey did not see the fulfillment by Sweden and Finland of NATO obligations
“At the stage we have reached, the importance and meaning of the visit of Swedish Defense Minister Jonsson to Turkey on January 27 is no more. Therefore, we canceled the visit,” Haberturk TV channel quoted Akar as saying.
Last week, Ankara canceled the visit of Andreas Norlen, Speaker of the Swedish Parliament. This happened after supporters of the PKK, banned in Turkey, held a rally in Stockholm at which they shouted insults at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ankara’s chief prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case on this matter.
Finland and Sweden decided to join NATO on May 18, 2022 amid developments in Ukraine . These applications have already been approved by 28 countries of the alliance, but Hungary and Turkey have not ratified them.
Ankara is demanding that Stockholm and Helsinki stop supporting the PKK and extradite activists who are considered in Turkey to be involved in terrorism. The Turkish authorities have repeatedly stated that without the fulfillment of these promises, there will be no progress in the admission of the northern countries to NATO.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu - Novosti, 1920, 01/17/2023
Turkish Foreign Minister urges Stockholm “not to try to deceive” Ankara
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