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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Turkey has told allies that it will reject Sweden and Finland\u2019s membership in NATO.<\/p>\n

Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan said this in a video posted on his Twitter account on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Recall that Finland and Sweden on Wednesday formally applied to join U.S.-led NATO, due to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Erdogan, in an interview with students late on Wednesday, said, \u201cWe will continue our policy in a determined way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have told allies that we will say no to Finland and Sweden\u2019s NATO membership.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Turkish president said Sweden and Finland were harbouring and financing \u201cterrorists\u201d and supplying them with weapons.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s speech was a repetition of Ankara\u2019s accusation that the countries were supporting groups that it deems terrorists, NAN reports.<\/p>\n

The countries include the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group and the Syrian Kurdish YPG, which it also views as a terrorist group closely tied to the PKK.<\/p>\n

\u201cNATO is a security alliance and we cannot accept terrorists to be in it,\u201d Erdogan added.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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