The Swedish Foreign Ministry calls on Ankara to withdraw from Syria...

Ihsanoglu: My government will not implement the ceasefire in Karabakh unless Armenia withdraws

The Swedish Foreign Minister, Anne Linde, launched a sharp attack on Turkey, during a press conference brought together, today, Tuesday, with her Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in the Turkish capital, Ankara, where she accused the justice and development system of igniting conflicts in Syria, Libya, and the Nagorno-Karabakh region, as well as its violations. Frequent rule of the Mediterranean countries.

During the conference, the Swedish minister demanded the withdrawal of the occupying Turkish forces from the Syrian territories, accusing Ankara of being responsible for the division of Syria and the persecution of the Kurds there. She also expressed her rejection of the escalation of human rights violations and the systematic arrests of Kurdish citizens in Turkey.

For his part, Jaweesh rejected the sharp tone of his Swedish counterpart, saying: “What is your capacity to ask us to withdraw from Syria .. You cannot ask us to do so.” He accused Sweden of supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which Ankara classifies as a terrorist organization.

The Turkish minister continued: “Has Syria authorized the Swedish administration or the European Union to demand that we leave its lands?” And he threatened that in the event of the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Idlib, Syria, 3 million Syrian refugees would flow to Europe, accusing Sweden of its desire to replace Turkey in Idlib to support The Kurds.

While Linde condemned Ankara’s support for Azerbaijan with mercenaries, harassing Armenians and igniting the war in Karabakh, Cavusoglu said that his government will not respond to the calls of the international community to implement a ceasefire in Karabakh unless Armenia withdraws, likening the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict over the Crimean island, which The opposition of the international powers demanded the withdrawal of Russian forces, while they did not take the same position towards Armenia.

Cavusoglu commented on his Swedish counterpart’s accusation to Turkey of violating the Cypriot economic zone of drilling for gas in its territorial waters, and questioned the rights of the Turkish Cypriots in the natural gas and oil wealth in the Mediterranean, saying, “Sweden supports Greek Cyprus because of the European Union’s support for it.” The wrong side makes it like the blind … Why don’t you criticize Greece’s behavior during the sinking of so many refugee boats on the borders and in the Aegean Sea?

Regarding the Turkish violations of Kurdish rights in Syria and Iraq, and at home in Diyarbakir, Jaweesh stated that Turkey does not distinguish between any Kurdish group, whether at home or abroad, and said, “All of them are terrorists and support the PKK,” as he put it.

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Ihsanoglu: My government will not implement the ceasefire in Karabakh unless Armenia withdraws

The Swedish Foreign Minister, Anne Linde, launched a sharp attack on Turkey, during a press conference brought together, today, Tuesday, with her Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in the Turkish capital, Ankara, where she accused the justice and development system of igniting conflicts in Syria, Libya, and the Nagorno-Karabakh region, as well as its violations Frequent rule of the Mediterranean countries.

During the conference, the Swedish minister demanded the withdrawal of the occupying Turkish forces from the Syrian territories, accusing Ankara of being responsible for the division of Syria and the persecution of the Kurds there. She also expressed her rejection of the escalation of human rights violations and the systematic arrests of Kurdish citizens in Turkey.

For his part, Jaweesh rejected the sharp tone of his Swedish counterpart, saying: “What is your capacity to ask us to withdraw from Syria .. You cannot ask us to do so.” He accused Sweden of supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which Ankara classifies as a terrorist organization.

The Turkish minister continued: “Has Syria authorized the Swedish administration or the European Union to demand that we leave its lands?” And he threatened that in the event of the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Idlib, Syria, 3 million Syrian refugees would flow to Europe, accusing Sweden of its desire to replace Turkey in Idlib to support The Kurds.

While Linde condemned Ankara’s support for Azerbaijan with mercenaries, harassing Armenians and igniting the war in Karabakh, Cavusoglu said that his government will not respond to the calls of the international community to implement a ceasefire in Karabakh unless Armenia withdraws, likening the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict over the Crimean island, which The opposition of the international powers demanded the withdrawal of Russian forces, while they did not take the same position towards Armenia.

Cavusoglu commented on his Swedish counterpart’s accusation to Turkey of violating the Cypriot economic zone of drilling for gas in its territorial waters, and questioned the rights of the Turkish Cypriots in the natural gas and oil wealth in the Mediterranean, saying, “Sweden supports Greek Cyprus because of the European Union’s support for it.” The wrong side makes it like the blind … Why don’t you criticize Greece’s behavior during the sinking of so many refugee boats on the borders and in the Aegean Sea?

Regarding the Turkish violations of Kurdish rights in Syria and Iraq, and at home in Diyarbakir, Jaweesh stated that Turkey does not distinguish between any Kurdish group, whether at home or abroad, and said, “All of them are terrorists and support the PKK,” as he put it.