ANKARA (Reuters) – The German and French ambassadors to Ankara were summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry to protest events organised by Kurdish militants in those countries, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday.
Speaking to state-run Anadolu news agency, Cavusoglu said the ambassadors were told of Turkey’s discomfort with the events organised by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
Separately, Turkey has said it opposes Sweden and Finland’s bids to join NATO over what Ankara calls its harbouring of Kurdish militants in those countries, and also over their arms export ban.
(Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Jonathan Spicer)
