15 minutes agoStoltenberg meets with Erdogan tomorrow: Finland, Sweden Join NATO
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the Atlantic Alliance, said it is time for Sweden and Finland to join NATO. Stoltenberg is expected to negotiate tomorrow with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is blocking the entry of two Nordic countries into the Alliance, accusing them of defence, among other things, even Kurdish party fighters [...]
Stoltenberg is expected to negotiate tomorrow with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is blocking the entry of two Nordic countries into the Alliance, charging them with defence, among other things, with Kurdish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara considers terrorists.
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“We had little hope with the former Swedish government, but the new government is committed to the issue, he said, and confirmed that Swedish Prime Minister Wolf Cristerson will visit Ankara on November 8th at the invitation of the Turkish president.
So far, 28 of the 30 NATO member states have ratified the accession of Sweden and Finland, which must be unanimously approved. Their accession has not yet been ratified by Hungary and Turkey. /Euronews. al
