A far-right Swedish politician’s decision to burn the Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy could be part of a plot to undermine Sweden’s bid to join NATO, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team.
“There is of course the concern that provocateurs, those who may not want to see Sweden join NATO, are engaging in some of these activities,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Tuesday.
"Our collective message is that we want to call for calm, for reflection, for calm in the process so that we can return to functioning talks between Sweden, Finland, and Turkey on our common NATO membership,” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Tuesday."No national security question is more important than that we with Finland quickly become members of NATO.”Turkish officials canceled a trilateral meeting with Finland and Sweden that has been expected to take place in February.
Erdogan, as the leader of a NATO member, has the power to veto Sweden’s entry into the trans-Atlantic alliance, a bloc that operates by unanimous consent. Sweden and Finland have agreed to a number of concessions intended to mollify the Turkish president, but Erdogan’s allegation that they are harboring terrorists has led to an impasse over extradition demands that haven’t passed legal muster in Sweden.
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