On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey can, if necessary, give a different message about NATO membership to Finland than to Sweden.
In a new move, Erdogan now says that Turkey is positive about Finland becoming a member of NATO, but not Sweden.
Reuters reports.
Turkey will not give the green light to Swedish membership in NATO as long as Korans are allowed to be burned in Sweden, says Erdogan according to, among others, the Turkish news agency Anatolia.
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On Sunday, a statement from the Turkish president was published in which he says that Sweden and Finland may receive different decisions on the NATO issue.