TURQUIA: E ALÉM DE PODEREM CONTINUAR A LIXAR OS CURDOS, TAMBÉM LHE LEVANTARAM O EMBARGO ÀS ARMAS

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«... Turkey threatened to veto Finland and Sweden’s Nato applications after raising accusations that the two countries allow Kurdish militants and terrorists space to “incubate” in their societies. However, many analysts concluded Erdogan’s real concern was to use his leverage in the membership matter to get arms bans applied to Ankara by the US and many European countries lifted, while also playing hardball to strike a tough pose ahead of elections that must take place in Turkey within a year.

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AFP late on June 28 quoted Erdogan's office as saying Turkey "got what it wanted" from Sweden and Finland ahead of agreeing to back their Nato candidacies.

"Turkey has made significant gains in the fight against terrorist organisations," said the statement, saying that Sweden and Finland had agreed to "cooperate fully with Turkey in its fight against the [Kurdish] PKK" and other Kurdish militant groups.

The statement said they have also agreed to lift their embargoes on weapons deliveries to Turkey, which were imposed in response to Ankara's 2019 military incursion in Syria.

The two countries will ban "fundraising and recruitment activities" for the Kurdish militants, and "prevent terrorist propaganda against Turkey," Erdogan's office added in the statement. (...)»