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The NATO and the we This Sunday said they are confident that turkey It will not prevent entry to Finland and Sweden In the Western military alliance, after the Scandinavian countries took important steps to join the bloc in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“I am confident that we will be able to accommodate the concerns I have expressed turkey in order not to delay the accession of the two countries.” NATOJens Stoltenberg.
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said she will go to Parliament on Monday to secure support for the entry application, which is being submitted by allies. NATO We expect this to be done jointly with Finland.
The turkeywho surprised his allies in recent days by saying that he had reservations about joining Finland and Swedenhis demands this Sunday during a meeting of foreign ministers in Berlin.
The Turkish government calls on the Nordic countries to suspend their support for the Kurdish armed groups present on its territory, as well as to lift the embargo on some arms sales to the Turkish Republic. turkey.
The border between Russia and Finland – Photo: Arte / g1
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken declined to go into details about the closed-door talks at Berlinbut echoed Stoltenberg’s position.
“I am very confident that we will reach consensus on this,” Blinken told reporters, adding that NATO It is a ‘place for dialogue’.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq turkeyMevlut Cavusoglu, said that conversations with Swedish and Finnish colleagues at Berlin It was helpful. The two countries submitted proposals to respond to the demands of the Turkish government, which turkey Will analyze in the coming days, while turkey He provided evidence of the presence of terrorists on its territory, he said.
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