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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. File photoANKARA, May 21.Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, during negotiations with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, stated the need to stop supporting «terrorist organizations» and lift the restrictions imposed by Stockholm on Ankara in the defense industry. Finland and Sweden had previously submitted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg applications to join the alliance. Turkey later stated that it could not say «yes» to these countries joining NATO because of their approaches to the Kurdish issue. Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde recalled that the kingdom was among the first to list the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization back in 1984.» Erdogan told the Swedish Prime Minister that political, financial and military support for terrorist organizations from Stockholm should be stopped. The Turkish leader also said that the restrictions imposed by Stockholm on Ankara in the defense industry should be lifted,» the Turkish leader's office informs. Russia has repeatedly noted that NATO is aimed at confrontation. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stated that further expansion of the alliance would not bring greater security to Europe, NATO has an aggressive character. At the same time, he noted that he did not consider the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO an existential threat to Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a conversation with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö, noted that abandoning the traditional policy of military neutrality would be erroneous, since there are no threats to Finland's security. In his opinion, a change in the country's foreign policy may have a negative impact on Russian-Finnish relations, which for many years were built in the spirit of good neighborliness and partnership cooperation, were mutually beneficial. jpg» />Turkish expert found an alternative to NATO for Ankara