Published February 24,2023
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Türkiye, Finland and Sweden will maintain a assembly to debate the NATO accession of the 2 Nordic international locations in March, the alliance chief introduced on Friday.
Jens Stoltenberg spoke at a joint press convention with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and President of the European Commission von der Leyen in Tallinn, Estonia.
Stoltenberg mentioned he “had good discussions with President (Recep Tayyip) Erdoğan” throughout his go to to Ankara final week.
“We agreed to restart the talks and to convene a trilateral meeting between Finland, Sweden and Türkiye at NATO headquarters in mid-March under my auspices,” he defined.
The events will talk about “how to complete the accession process” of each the states.
Stoltenberg additionally welcomed that the Hungarian parliament will start the method to ratify the accession protocol of the 2 international locations subsequent week.
He famous that “this has been the quickest accession process in NATO’s modern history” because the Sweden and Finland utilized for membership in final May final 12 months, and NATO leaders determined to ask them solely month later at their Madrid Summit.
“The most important thing is not whether Finland, Sweden joins exactly at the same time. The most important thing is that they join as soon as possible,” Stoltenberg harassed.
He additionally asserted that the 2 international locations are “at a completely difference place” and have already made nice progress in integrating into NATO’s civilian and navy construction.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
