Finland Sees Istanbul Blast Blamed on Kurds Hindering NATO Talks

Source:Bloomberg Date:20Nov2022

Last week’s terrorist attack in Istanbul will reinforce Turkey’s concerns over Kurdish terrorism, with consequences for the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, according to Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto.

The deadly Nov. 13 blast “proves even more that Turkey wants to raise these concerns about terrorism and this proves somehow that it’s a problem also inside the country,” Haavisto said Saturday in an interview. “It’s a momentum that Turkey is using and of course they have all the rights to raise this issue during the NATO process.”