Norwegian authorities have banned an action to burn the Quran, scheduled for Friday in the Kingdom. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said this on Thursday at a meeting with the youth in Ankara.
"After receiving news of a planned action in Norway tomorrow against our holy book, the Quran, we summoned the Norwegian ambassador to Ankara to the ministry. They [the Norwegian authorities] cancelled permission [for the action]," the Turkish minister said.
Earlier it was reported that Norway's Ambassador to Ankara Erling Skjonsberg was summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry on Thursday, where he was lodged a protest over the planned Quran burning action next to the Turkish embassy in Oslo. He was also told that Ankara "expects the Norwegian authorities to prohibit this action."
The Turkish foreign ministry, in turn, "condemned and strongly protested against the Norwegian authorities' approach, which did not prevent a provocative action of this kind, which is considered a hate crime." The ministry pointed out that "such behavior is unacceptable."
Earlier, a major scandal erupted between Turkey and Sweden over the burning of the Quran at the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. Similar actions were held in several other countries.
Turkey responded to the action held in Sweden by saying that it would not approve Stockholm's bid to join NATO.
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Based on materials from TASS