Turkey summoned ambassadors of nine Western countries including the United States and Sweden on Thursday to criticise their decisions to temporarily shut diplomatic missions and issue security alerts following Koran-burning incidents in Europe.
Germany, France and the Netherlands were among countries that temporarily closed diplomatic missions in Turkey for security reasons this week. Some cited central Istanbul areas of high concern but did not provide the source of the information.
The source added that the security of all diplomatic missions is ensured in accordance with international conventions and "allies should cooperate with" Turkish authorities. All 30 NATO members must approve newcomers. Sweden and Finland applied for membership last year in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but ran into surpriseSince then they have sought to win its backing including agreeing to take a harder line domestically against those Turkey says are members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the PKK, designated a terrorist group by Ankara and the European Union.
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