“Swedish television aired interviews with leaders of terrorist groups.
After this, we cannot say “welcome to NATO”.
The same applies to Finland," TASS quoted him as saying.
Earlier, the Hürriyet newspaper reported that Turkey had requested written guarantees from Finland and Sweden to resolve the differences before these countries join NATO.
Ankara's demands were made because of the support by Finland and Sweden of organizations recognized as terrorist in Turkey.
The Turkish presidential administration reported that Sweden supplied weapons to terrorists who carried out terrorist attacks on Turkish territory.
According to Erdgan, Turkey will continue to fight the PKK and its offshoots, despite the support they receive from the United States and Europe.