Sweden has denied allegations that Turkey financed terrorist organizations.
Sweden’s PM denies allegations that Turkey finances and sends weapons to terrorist groups.
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson on Wednesday denied allegations that Turkey financed terrorist organizations.
“We do not send money or weapons to terrorist organizations,” Anderson told a news conference in Stockholm, according to AFP.
Anderson’s remarks come as delegations from Sweden and Finland travel to Turkey to discuss differences that Anderson says have caused “confusion” between the parties.
“Undoubtedly, we will enter into a dialogue and discuss the list [of Turkey’s requests] and clarify issues that are not clear,” Anderson said.
Prior to the meeting, Anderson was a guest of US President Joe Biden at the White House with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. Meanwhile, the Turkish Foreign Minister met in New York with his American counterpart to discuss Ankara’s opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO.
The Turkish government on Tuesday released an official list of five requests from Sweden and Finland, which will support the two Nordic countries in NATO if these requests are met.
The Ankara government has called for “tangible guarantees” from Stockholm to sever all ties with groups such as the PKK, which has been declared a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.
The governments of Finland and Sweden announced last week their decision to join NATO, which has opened a new front in the confrontation between Russia and the West. As one of the Scandinavian countries, Finland has a thousand kilometers of border with Russia and is the first country to share a border with Russia that joins NATO.
