Among other things, Turkey has demanded the forced return to Turkey of those deemed to be terrorists.
Turkey foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlun According to Reuters, Finland and Sweden should even change their laws so that they can comply with Turkey’s demands.
Turkey has, in its own words, taken a negative view of Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership because they do not take Turkey’s security concerns about terrorism seriously enough.
Among other things, Turkey has demanded the forced return to Turkey of those deemed to be terrorists.
ÇavuşoğlUN Turkey says that Finland and Sweden gave documents to the representatives who visited Turkey last week, outlining the requirements for Finland and Sweden.
“Are our demands impossible? No. We want them to stop supporting terrorism,” Çavuşoğlu told Reuters, the Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency, adding that it was aware that some of Turkey’s demands would require changes to the laws in Finland and Sweden.
“They said,‘ Because we are far from terrorist areas, our laws are designed to be so ’. Well, then you have to change them, “Çavuşoğlu said.
“They say that terrorist organizations are allowed by law to hold events and wave their rags. Then they have to change the law,” Çavuşoğlu reiterated.
The news is being updated.
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