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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.January 17, 10:35 Turkey did not see…
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Ankara urged not to link F-16 deal with NATO expansion process

ANKARA, January 31 – Novosti. Turkey urges not to connect the process of membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO with the process of Ankara’s purchase of American F-16s, said the official representative of the Turkish President Ibrahim Kalin.Finland and Sweden…
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Turkey called the condition for considering Finland's application for NATO membership

ANKARA, January 31 – Novosti. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Ankara can “look positively” at Finland’s membership in NATO if Helsinki and the North Atlantic Alliance decide on a separate application from Sweden.Finland and Sweden, against the backdrop of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine , on May 18, 2022, submitted applications to the…
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NATO may disregard Ankara's opinion, expert says

MOSCOW, January 31 – Novosti. Against the backdrop of growing contradictions, NATO may neglect the opinion of Ankara when accepting Sweden and Finland into the alliance, President of the Russian Association of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Tatyana Parkhalina told…
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Kadyrov said he would not forgive the Danish politician who burned the Koran

GROZNY, January 30 – Novosti. The actions of Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the Danish far-right Hard Deal party, who publicly burned the Koran, are inexcusable, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel .In a video that circulated on the Web, the politician said that he was burning the holy book of Muslims because of the Swedish fighter of Chechen origin Khamzat…
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Finland immediately contacted Turkey after Erdogan's statements

HELSINKI, Jan 30 – Novosti. Finland immediately contacted Turkey after the Sunday statements of the President of the Republic Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said.Erdogan on Sunday said Turkey could make a decision on Finland’s NATO…
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West intends to overthrow Erdogan

The process of Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to NATO has been put on pause. This was stated by Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström. Later, his press secretary corrected her boss, explaining that the process is ongoing, but his fate is in the hands of Turkey. In any case, all Swedish commentators are unanimous in their opinion that no changes in the status of the Scandinavian…
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