Turkey Rejects NATO Offer Of Trilateral Talks As Finland, Sweden Say Applications Could 'Freeze'

Turkey has rejected a NATO offer to hold trilateral talks with Sweden and Finland toward resolving Turkish objections to the Scandinavian countries' membership bids, FT is reporting Wednesday.

Addressing these latest efforts by Brussels to assuage Turkish roadblocks, which center on the Nordic countries' alleged support for anti-Turkish Kurdish groups (particularly their failure to condemn the PKK), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan again charged that "terrorist organizations" are able to "act freely" especially in Sweden. Erdogan in the speech went so far as to say he won't let the "blood of martyrs be spilled" - and thus will continue to object to the countries' accession into NATO.

"While the fallen of our country are tearing our hearts out on a daily basis, no one can expect concessions from us on this issue. Let me underline that Turkey has no time to lose with expectations or ambivalent remarks regarding the issue," he asserted.

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