Sweden says it will keep distance from the PKK/YPG for Turkiye

Sweden says it will keep distance from the PKK/YPG for Turkiye
# 05 November 2022 14:44 (UTC +04:00)

"The Swedish government is distancing itself from the YPG, which is the Syrian wing of the PKK terrorist organization, and its political wing, the PYD," said Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström in an interview with Swedish Radio, APA reports.

"These organizations have a close connection with PKK, which is on the EU terrorist list, and it harms our relations with Turkiye Sweden needs to keep a distance from these organizations. We want good relations with Turkiye," the foreign minister stressed.

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson also said that his country's political relationship with these terrorist organizations harms relations with Turkiye.

"We should not have political cooperation with organizations that are so close to the PKK," he said in a statement to "TV4 Nyhetsmorgon."

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