The Turkish President announced the possibility of making such a decision on Finland's NATO membership, which could shock Sweden
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Ankara continues to comment on the actions of the radical politician Rasmus Paludan, who committed a number of abuses against the sacred book of the Koran for every Muslim. Recall that he publicly tore the Koran in front of the Turkish diplomatic mission in Sweden, and then burned it in front of the Russian consulate in Denmark. In Sweden, they said that the country has a "free society", and therefore the state "has no right to interfere in certain political actions."
Against this background, Turkey suspended consideration of the Swedish application for NATO membership.
Now Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Ankara could make a "shocking decision on Sweden on Finland's NATO bid."
Erdogan:
If Finland does not repeat blasphemous actions with the Koran, as happened in Stockholm, then Turkey may send a special message to Finland, which will shock Sweden.
This statement can be regarded as a readiness to "light" the green light on Finland's entry into NATO while simultaneously rejecting (at least for the moment) Sweden's application.
Recall that earlier in Stockholm and Helsinki they announced a joint application with a desire to join the North Atlantic military bloc at the same time. In this regard, the situation looks interesting if Turkey approves one application and rejects another - in terms of how the Finns will act. Will they refuse and wait for approval of the Swedish application as well, or will they “leave” their “Scandinavian partners” and decide to join NATO without them?
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