Sweden’s negotiations with Türkiye on its bid to join NATO were made more difficult when members of a local political party took a photo with flags of the PKK/YPG terrorist organization, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said.
Linde told the Swedish Aftonbladet daily that Turkish media constantly brings up this incident and similar events.
She said that although this was freedom of expression under Swedish law, it was a “very inappropriate” situation for the government.
On July 7, Left Party deputies Daniel Riazat, Momodou Malcolm Jallow and Lorena Delgado Varas posed for a photo in the city of Visby with flags of the YPG/PKK and shared it on social media.
