INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Turkey summoned Sweden&& s ambassador to Ankara on Thursday, a diplomatic source said, over a presentation in Stockholm in which a puppet
of President Tayyip Erdogan was hung from its feet, Reuters reported.Sweden has been looking for Turkey&& s approval to sign up with NATO,
for which it used after Russia&& s invasion of Ukraine in 2015
Ankara has said Sweden required to take a clearer stance versus what it views as terrorists, generally Kurdish militants and the
organisation it blames for a 2016 coup attempt.Finland and Sweden signed a three-way contract with Turkey in 2022 targeted at conquering
Ankara&& s objections to their NATO subscription, checked out the report.Staffan Herrstrom, Sweden&& s ambassador to Turkey, was summoned
to the foreign ministry on Thursday and Ankara&& s response was communicated to him, a Turkish diplomatic source said.&& Our expectation
that the perpetrators of the event requirement to be identified, the essential procedures be carried out and Sweden maintain its pledges was
emphasised,& & the source said.Sweden&& s foreign ministry validated the ambassador had actually been called to the foreign ministry in
Ankara, but decreased to provide information of what was discussed, Reuters reported.Herrstrom was formerly summoned in October over &&
insulting content& & about Erdogan on Swedish public service television.Scenes of demonstrations in Stockholm has actually been a
particular concern mentioned by Turkish authorities in the past, with Erdogan stating members of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
ought to not be allowed to parade around Sweden.On Thursday, video footage shared by pro-government Turkish media revealed what they stated
was a demonstration by PKK members in which they hung a puppet of Erdogan outside the Stockholm city hall
Extremely couple of people might be seen in the footage.Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said Stockholm condemned the event but did
not refer directly to any country.&& The federal government secures an open debate about political options, however strongly ranges itself
from hazards and hatred versus political representatives,& & he stated on Twitter
& Portraying a commonly elected president as being executed outside City Hall is abhorrent.&& Sweden & s prime minister said on Sunday
that Stockholm was positive Turkey would authorize its NATO quote, but would not meet all the conditions Ankara has actually set.&& That
PKK terrorist can challenge the Swedish government at the heart of Stockholm is evidence that the Swedish authorities have actually not
taken necessary steps versus terrorism,& & the Turkish presidency&& s communications director, Fahrettin Altun, said on Twitter.The post
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