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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday asked Finland, Sweden and NATO allies to show “full solidarity” with Ankara in its fight against terrorism, in particular by fighting against Kurdish movements.
Turkish Head of State Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged Sweden and Finland to “play their part” in this fight. Between the Turkish president and the Kurdish minority straddling his country and Syria, it is a historic war between these two peoples. “This determination (against terrorism) must not remain on paper. It is imperative that the fight continue in full solidarity, without any discrimination between terrorist organizations,” he declared at the NATO summit. Two days earlier, Turkey reached an agreement with the two Nordic countries on their joining NATO in exchange for their commitment to fight against Kurdish movements, considered terrorist by Ankara. “If they do their duty, we will submit (the memorandum of understanding) to parliament (for adoption). If they don’t, it’s out of the question for us to send it to parliament…”, he said.
He called on Finland and Sweden to “complete their legal provisions” regarding the Kurdish movements of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG), operating on Turkey’s borders in northern Turkey. Iraq and Syria. “What matters is that the promises given to Turkey are kept,” added Recep Tayyip Erdogan.