EU, NATO Very Indebted to Turkiye, and Same Time Still Burning Quran
Ankara 10.22pm / Copenhagen and Stockholm 9.22pm
A lot of European country (EU member or not) know that Turkiye (2 million bigger population than Germany) very aggressive if some incident related with Muslim.
Every time Quran / Koran burn in Europe or Prophet Muhammad draw-cartoon, Turkiye immediately boycott product and get following step by Middle East countries, some case following by Indonesia (to boycott, temporarily, some Europe product).
A lot of European know that President Erdogan is “in-house disrupter” in Europe continent especially in NATO. Erdogan fumes at Denmark and Sweden for issuing a permit to burn holy Quran: “We will eventually teach the Western monuments of arrogance that insulting Muslims is not a freedom of thought." Last time in NATO Summit (in Vilnius) the deal was almost off when Sweden permitted the burning of a Quran in Stockholm.
So far, Sweden and Finland indebted very big to Turkiye about NATO bid. Some persons, like President of European Council Charles Michel and NATO SecGen Stoltenberg also indebted to Turkiye.
China says “Turkey does not support NATO's extending activities in the Asia- Pacific region and is willing to maintain communication and coordination with China on international and regional issues such as Ukraine,” The statement came after Chinese FM Wang Yi met Erdogan, 12 days after Erdogan say yes for Sweden bid.
Sweden hints that it explores measures to stop the burning of holy Quran protests going forward Interesting: “we are aware that states and state-like actors are actively exploiting the situation.” Today Turkish FM Hakan Fidan relayed Ankara’s concerns to Swedish FM Tobias Lennart Billström in a phone call.
Statement Swedish PM against the background of the burnings of holy scriptures. We are analyzing the legal situation – including the Public Order Act – with the purpose of exploring the scope for measures that would strengthen Sweden national security.
The Danish government said Sunday it would explore legal means of stopping protests involving the burning of holy texts in certain circumstances, citing security concerns following backlash over such incidents that saw the Koran desecrated in Denmark and Sweden.
Noting that such protests played into the hands of extremists, the government wants to "explore" intervening in situations where "other countries, cultures, and religions are being insulted, and where this could have significant negative consequences for Denmark, not least with regard to security," it said in a statement from the foreign ministry.
"This must of course be done within the framework of the constitutionally protected freedom of expression and in a manner that does not change the fact that freedom of expression in Denmark has very broad scope," it added, stressing it is one of the country's most important values.
Several recent protests involving desecrations of the Muslim holy book have raised diplomatic tensions throughout the Middle East and the two Nordic countries.
The Danish government noted that the protests have "reached a level where Denmark, in many parts of the world across continents, is being viewed as a country that facilitates insult and denigration of the cultures, religions, and traditions of other countries."
It added that the "primary purpose" of some of the actions had been to provoke and "could have significant consequences."
Both Danish and Swedish envoys have been summoned in a slew of Middle Eastern nations.
In a separate statement, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said he had been in close contact with his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen, and that a similar process was already underway in Sweden.
"We have also started to analyse the legal situation already... in order to consider measures to strengthen our national security and the security of Swedes in Sweden and around the world," Kristersson said in a post to Instagram.
Saudi Arabia and Iraq have called for a meeting, expected to be held on Monday, of the Jeddah-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to address Koran desecration in both Sweden and Denmark.
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