Although NATO members recognize the Kurdistan Workers ‘Party (PKK) as a terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party, they have a different attitude towards the Syrian branch of the Kurdish People’s Defense Forces (YPG) and some NATO nations have even given it arms to fight the Islamic Jihadist group. Country”.
Turkey demands that Finland and Sweden publicly condemn not only the PKK but also other Kurdish organizations.
Turkey is also demanding that Finland and Sweden lift restrictions on arms sales to Turkey, which they imposed in 2019 in response to the Turkish invasion of Syria.
Although the volume of arms trade between Turkey and these countries is insignificant, the lifting of these restrictions is important for Ankara to demand the lifting of such restrictions by the United States.
Turkey hopes to return to an agreement with the United States to purchase F-35 fighter jets. Turkey was barred from participating in it after Turkey bought the S-400 missile defense system from Russia.
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