Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today that Turkey does not have a favorable view of Sweden and Finland joining NATO. “We are following developments concerning Sweden and Finland carefully, but we are not in a positive mindset,” Erdogan told reporters in Ankara, today. The previous governments in Turkey made a “wrong” decision in accepting the NATO membership of Greece, he said, reported Hurriyet. “And you know the attitude of Greece against Turkey with NATO behind it. As Turkey, we do not want to commit the second mistake in this regard,” he added.
“Moreover, the Scandinavian countries, unfortunately, are almost like guesthouses for terrorist organizations. PKK, DHKP-C [Marxist-Leninist party listed as a terrorist organization by Japan, Turkey, the U.S., the U.K. and the EU] are nested in the Netherlands and Sweden. I go further, they also take part in the parliaments there. It is not possible for us to have a positive look,” Erdogan stated.
Erdogan noted that Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on May 16. “We will take our stance after seeing everything, especially after we have seen Biden’s statements,” he said.
