{"id":91139,"date":"2023-01-21T10:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T10:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=91139"},"modified":"2023-01-21T10:17:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T10:17:01","slug":"turkey-cancels-swedish-defense-ministers-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/91139\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey cancels Swedish Defense Minister\u2019s visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press)<\/strong> &#8211; Turkey cancelled on Saturday a scheduled visit by Sweden\u2019s defense minister to Ankara in response to anti-Turkish protests in Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey\u2019s Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, said, \u201cSwedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson\u2019s visit to Turkey on January 27 no longer held any importance or point, so we canceled the visit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ankara claims Swedish authorities allowed anti-Turkish protests outside of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Swedish Minister of Defense was scheduled to travel to Ankara this week by invitation of his Turkish counterpart. The two countries are currently embroiled in deliberations over Sweden&#8217;s accession to NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Akar criticized the pro-Turkish protests in Stockholm and conveyed his country&#8217;s position to his Swedish counterpart on the sidelines of a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a 50-member military alliances in opposition to Russia&#8217;s invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, the Turkish government summoned the Swedish ambassador in order to condemn the protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Swedish government has given both pro-Turkish and pro-Kurdish groups permission to stage demonstrations outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Agencies<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) &#8211; Turkey cancelled on Saturday a scheduled visit by Sweden\u2019s defense minister to Ankara in response to anti-Turkish protests in Stockholm. 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