![]() ![]() On Monday, Turkey outlined five conditions for it to back Sweden's NATO membership bid, demanding that Sweden lift sanctions against Turkey, including an arms export embargo end "political support for terrorism" eliminate sources of terrorism financing and halt arms support to the PKK/YPG, according to a list published by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications. Tens of thousands of people have died in the conflict.Īmong other things, Ankara claimed that Sweden had decided to provide $376 million to support the PKK's Syrian offshoot, the YPG, in 2023 and that it had provided military equipment to them, including anti-tank weapons and drones. ![]() ![]() The TOW, the Army’s first heavy anti-tank missile, first saw combat killing tanks in the Vietnam War. Listed as a terror group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union – of which Sweden and Finland are members – the PKK has waged an insurgency against Turkey since 1984. Army is planning for a new missile to replace the half-century-old TOW missile. "We are not sending money to terrorist organisations, of course, nor any weapons," Andersson told a Stockholm press conference, as Finnish and Swedish delegations began discussions with Ankara on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson also claimed her country is not funding or arming terrorist organizations. ![]()
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