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Erdogan speaks to Stoltenberg over Finland, Sweden NATO bid

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is opposing a NATO bid by Finland and Sweden [File: Yves Herman/Pool/Reuters]

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Ankara would not look “positively” on Sweden and Finland’s NATO bids unless its concerns were addressed, despite broad support from other allies, including the United States.

Turkey has long accused Nordic countries, in particular Sweden which has a strong Turkish immigrant community, of harbouring outlawed Kurdish rebels as well as supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based preacher wanted over the failed 2016 coup.

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