2023-08-21 17:32:28
The President of Turkey, the Islamist Recep Tayyip Erdogan, insisted on Monday that Sweden’s entry into NATO, vetoed by Ankara, will depend on whether the Nordic country fulfills its commitments and, especially, on whether the public burning of the Koran stops. the holy book of muslims
“First of all, Sweden must take control of the streets of Stockholm. If it doesn’t take control, If you continue to attack our most sacred objects, then forgivebut…”, warned the head of state in a conversation with Turkish journalists, published today by the newspaper “Hürriyet”.
Both Scandinavian far-right groups and Iraqi immigrants opposed to Islam have publicly burned copies of the Koran in recent months.
Although the most contentious point in relations between Ankara and Stockholm is what Turkey considers Sweden’s permissiveness in the face of protests by sympathizers of the Kurdish guerrilla, the desecrations of the Muslim holy book have raised diplomatic tension even more in recent months.
Erdogan said that the speed with which the Turkish Parliament debates next October allowing Sweden to join NATO will be “directly proportional” to the fulfillment of the promises made by the Nordic country.
The Turkish government announced three weeks ago that it would submit the ratification of Sweden’s entry into the Atlantic Alliance for debate as soon as Parliament’s summer recess ends, on October 1, but Erdogan warned today that he could not guarantee the speed of the process.
“How much the matter will be debated by the parliamentary committees, and at what moment it can be approved, we do not know that,” said the president
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