“He (Johnson. -
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) urged President Erdogan to work with Swedish, Finnish and NATO colleagues to resolve any problems ahead of the Madrid summit next month,” the British Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
Johnson added that the United Kingdom is ready to provide all possible support in this.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier that Ankara had informed the NATO countries of its intention to say "no" to the membership of Sweden and Finland.
According to him, representatives of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, recognized as a terrorist organization in Turkey, "are operating in these Scandinavian countries."
In addition, Ismail Safi, a member of the Turkish Presidential Council for Foreign Policy and Security, on the air of the Habertürk TV channel called the policy of Sweden and Finland pursued towards Ankara hypocritical.