‘Unclear whether Sweden’s NATO bid brings benefit or burden to alliance’, dailysabah.com

It is not clear from a strategic and security perspective whether Sweden’s membership into NATO would be beneficial to the alliance or be a burden, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Tuesday.

”Whether Sweden’s membership in NATO will be a burden or a benefit, in terms of a strategic and security assessment, is now more than ever open to debate. We once again strongly condemn the vile attack on the Quran in Stockholm and the condonation of this attack despite our warnings,” Fidan said at a press conference with his Jordanian counterpart in Ankara.

Swedish police allowed the burning of the Quran outside a mosque in central Stockholm, citing ”freedom of speech” after a court overturned a ban on a similar Quran burning. Läs artikel