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ISTANBUL, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar
said on Saturday that a planned visit by his Swedish counterpart to Ankara has been cancelled
after Swedish authorities granted permission for protests in Stockholm.
"At this point, the visit of Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson to Turkey on January 27 has become meaningless. So we cancelled the visit," Akar said.
 Swedish Defence Minister Jonson had planned to travel
next week to Ankara at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart as the Nordic country hopes to nudge Turkey to ratify its bid to join NATO.
Akar said he discussed the lack of measures for protests in Sweden against
Turkey with President Tayyip Erdogan and conveyed his reaction to his Swedish counterpart on the
sidelines of a meeting of Ukraine Defence Contact Group.
"It is unacceptable not to make a move or react to these (protests). The necessary things needed to be done, measures should have been taken,"
Akar said according to a statement by Turkish defence ministry.
 On Friday,
Turkey summoned the Swedish ambassador over authorities' permission for a protest, in which
Muslim holy book the Koran will be burned, near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm scheduled to be held on Saturday.
(Reporting by Omer Berberoglu Writing by Ezgi Erkoyun;
Editing by Toby Chopra)
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