|
|
|
|
Turkey postpones trilateral meeting with Sweden, Finland after Quran burning
|
|
|
|
| Top Stories |
 |
|
|
|
IANS | 25 Jan, 2023
Turkey has postponed a trilateral meeting with Sweden and Finland on
their NATO bids following the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden,
the state-run TRT network reported.
The meeting was slated to take place in February, the report said, citing anonymous Turkish diplomatic sources.
The
decision came a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told
Sweden not to expect Turkey's support on its NATO bid after Rasmus
Paludan, the head of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line,
burned a copy of the Quran on Saturday outside the Turkish Embassy in
Stockholm, Sweden.
Sweden and Finland submitted their formal
requests to join the NATO in May 2022, which were initially objected by
Turkey, a NATO member, citing their support for anti-Turkish Kurdish
organisations and political dissidents, Xinhua news agency reported.
A
month later, Turkey, Sweden and Finland reached a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) ahead of the NATO summit held in Madrid, Spain.
In
the MoU, Ankara agreed to lift its veto on the NATO bids by Finland and
Sweden, which in return pledged to support Turkey's fight against
terrorism and address its "pending deportation or extradition requests
of terror suspects expeditiously and thoroughly".
The Turkish
parliament has not ratified the Nordic countries' NATO bids so far,
citing that they have yet to meet Turkey's requests.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Customs Exchange Rates |
| Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
|
66.20
|
64.50 |
UK Pound
|
87.50
|
84.65 |
Euro
|
78.25
|
75.65 |
| Japanese
Yen |
58.85 |
56.85 |
| As on 13 Aug, 2022 |
|
|
| Daily Poll |
 |
 |
| COVID-19 has directly affected your business |
|
|
|
|
|
| Commented Stories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
