OUR Sweden “He should not expect support from Turkey“for his entry into NATO,” said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressing anger at a demonstration that took place on Saturday outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, where far-rightists burned the Koran.

“If you don’t respect Turkey’s religion or Muslims, you won’t get any support from us in NATO,” the Turkish president said, adding that “if they like members of terrorist groups and enemies of Islam so much, we advise them to trust the defense of their country and to them “.

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It is recalled that during a rally outside the Turkish embassy on Saturday, the Swedish extremist leader of the far-right Stram Kurs party, Rasmus Paludan, as he previously stated, burned a copy of the Koran, an AFP journalist reports.

“If someone doesn’t believe there should be free speech here, they should live somewhere else,” said Paludan, who has held protests in the past when he burned a copy of the Quran, in his nearly hour-long speech. .

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Bilström called the Islamophobic provocations appalling. “There is a lot of freedom of speech in Sweden, but this does not mean that the Swedish government or I support the views expressed,” he said.

Sweden needs Turkey’s support to join NATO.

^{According to REUTERS, AFP}