Finland still leaves the Kurdish groups with the opportunity to conduct activity on its territory, but Ankara is expecting specific actions on this issue from Helsinki, the head of the Turkish Ministry of Defense Hulushi Akar at the Finnish colleague Anti Kaykkonen said on Thursday.
“I told the Finnish side: we are disturbed by terrorist organizations – the Kurdistan working party and the Syrian Kurds self -defense forces (YPG) and the continuation of their activity in Finland,” AP quotes Akara.
He also said that he expects from all NATO members to modernize the Turkish armed forces, including the rapid approval of the US supply of Ankara F-16 fighters.
In turn, Kaikkonen stated that Finland is committed to an agreement with Turkey and Sweden, according to which Helsinki and Stockholm undertake to deal with Ankar who are disturbing in the field of security.
In addition, the head of the Finland Ministry of Defense said that there is no Finnish embargo for the supply of weapons in relation to Turkey, and that Helsinki is considering each possible weapons transaction individually.