Amman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday said that Ankara would not agree to Sweden’s accession to NATO “as long as it allows the burning and tearing of the Qur’an.”
According to the Anadolu Agency, Erdogan said in a speech at the parliament in Ankara, “Our position is positive towards Finland’s membership in NATO and negative towards Sweden’s membership.”
Separately, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told journalists in a conference with his Estonian counterpart that whoever is behind the burning of the Quran aims to obstruct Stockholm’s accession to NATO.
Source: Jordan News Agency