NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday hailed Türkiye’s determination to maneuver forward with Finland’s membership bid.
“I welcome today’s decision by Türkiye to move ahead with the ratification of Finland’s membership in NATO. This will strengthen Finland’s security, it will strengthen Sweden’s security, and it will strengthen NATO’s security,” Stoltenberg stated in a press release.
“I hope that the Turkish Grand National Assembly will vote to ratify as soon as possible,” he stated.
He stated Ankara’s transfer will make the alliance “stronger and safer” at a “critical time.”
At final week’s assembly between Türkiye, Finland, and Sweden on the NATO headquarters all sides “recognized that considerable progress has been made in implementing the trilateral memorandum signed in Madrid, and that rapid ratifications for Finland and Sweden are in everyone’s interest,” he added.
“The most important thing is that both Finland and Sweden become full members of NATO quickly, not whether they join at exactly the same time,” stated Stoltenberg.
His assertion got here quickly after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan introduced that Türkiye will start the method of ratifying Finland’s NATO membership in its parliament.
“NATO will become stronger with Finland’s membership, and I believe it will play an active role in maintaining global security and stability,” Erdoğan stated at a joint press convention along with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto in Ankara.
He stated Türkiye will proceed talks with Sweden “on the basis of the principles of the alliance and our approach to the fight against terrorism.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
