Turkey canceled next week’s visit by Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson as tension flared over permission given by Stockholm for a public burning of Islam’s holy book Quran.
It was just the latest incident between the countries as Turkey holds out on ratifying Sweden’s bid for inclusion into NATO.
“Sweden should have done what was necessary against such attempts. At this point, Jonson’s visit has no meaning or importance, so we canceled it,” state-run Anadolu Agency cited Defense Minister Hulusi Akar as saying.
