MADRID, 5 (EUROPA PRESS)
“There is too close a link between these organizations and the PKK, an organization considered terrorist by the EU to be good for our relations with Turkey,” Billström told Swedish public television STV.
“Sweden must not be a place where it is easy to finance terrorism (…). It is above all about fighting terrorism and all its activities on Swedish soil, including fundraising. Sweden must be a place against terrorism. terrorism in all its forms, “he added.
However, for PYD leader Salih Muslim, these claims imply no change in practice. “We have never had a direct relationship as a party with the Swedish government. Only with Swedish organizations,” he told Swedish news agency TT.
“I think it is very difficult for Sweden to ignore its human rights principles in the event of Turkish intervention,” said the Kurdish leader. “This is just a game. Nothing more,” he stressed.
These statements come on the eve of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s trip to Ankara, who intends to convince the Turkish leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to support the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO. Turkey has expressed its reticence in this regard, considering that Sweden protects Kurdish groups it considers terrorists, for which the parties have signed an agreement that should appease Turkey.
