Earlier on Thursday, Ankara strongly condemned the anti-Islamist group’s plans, saying it was a “provocative act”, a Turkish foreign ministry source said after the ministry asked the demonstrations to be called off Was.
Norway’s Foreign Ministry said that Turkey had raised the issue of planned demonstrations in a meeting.
A spokesperson for the ministry said, “Our ambassador noted the constitutional right to freedom of expression in Norway and that the Norwegian government neither supports nor participates in the planned demonstration.”