Türkiye has right to protect itself against terrorist attacks: Swedish premier
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Türkiye has the right to protect itself against terrorist attacks, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday.
In response to a question in the Riksdag, or parliament, by Green Party spokeswoman Marta Stenevi, Kristersson said it must be admitted that Türkiye is a country that has been subjected to terrorist attacks and it has the right to protect itself against terrorism.
Kristersson said the rest of the world has reason to recognize that the terrorist attacks that hit Türkiye are just as bad for Türkiye as other terrorist attacks that hit other countries.
He stressed that Sweden should not be a place where people, who in various ways participate in and finance terrorism or terrorist-related activities, find a safe haven precisely because their activities are not aimed at Sweden but at Türkiye.
On Sunday, Türkiye launched Operation Claw-Sword, a cross-border aerial campaign against the YPG/PKK group in Iraq and Syria.
The air operation followed a terrorist attack on Istanbul’s crowded Istiklal Avenue that killed six people and left 81 injured.
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