ANKARA: Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday (Jul 30) urged Sweden to take concrete steps to prevent burnings of the Quran, a Turkish foreign ministry source said. Sweden and Denmark have seen several protests in recent weeks where copies of the Quran have been damaged or burned, causing outra
ANKARA: Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday urged Sweden to take concrete steps to prevent burnings of the Quran, a Turkish foreign ministry source said.
In a phone call, Fidan told his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billstrom that continuation of such"vile actions" under the guise of freedom of expression was unacceptable, the source said.
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