Pushkov: Quran vandalism in Sweden may have ulterior motives

The burning of the Koran in Sweden is not a madman’s mistake, it may be done to further alienate Turkey from the consensus on Sweden’s NATO membership. So considers a member of the Federation Council Alexei Pushkov.

The demonstrative burning of the Koran in Sweden is not an accident and not an act of a madman, the senator believes. On the contrary, it may be a calculated move to provoke resentment in Turkey. He wrote about this in his Telegram channel.

“The State Department is unlikely to help here, except that it will force the Swedish government to make concessions to Erdogan, which Stockholm categorically does not want to make. But it is difficult to say whether the State Department will succeed in this. But Erdogan has all the trump cards in his hands from now on. He has already said that Sweden should not expect him to support NATO entry. And, if he does not give up under pressure from the United States, then he can keep Sweden in the NATO dressing room for a very long time”, he believes.

Recall, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg criticized Erdogan for refusing to support Sweden’s application to join NATO. He noted that “improper acts are not automatically illegal.”

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Pushkov: Quran vandalism in Sweden may have ulterior motives