Published February 27,2023
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Türkiye on Monday reminded the pledges of Sweden and Finland for his or her NATO accession bids, saying it’s not possible to approve Sweden’s bid “without seeing steps taken.”
“With regards to the membership of Finland and Sweden, the position of Türkiye is clear and transparent,” mentioned Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in a joint news convention with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who arrived in Ankara for solidarity go to following the earthquakes that occurred on Feb. 6.
Reminding that terrorism is likely one of the two important threats for NATO, Çavuşoğlu mentioned Türkiye expects two Nordic international locations to satisfy Ankara’s issues concerning battle towards terrorism.
Since the signing of the trilateral memorandum in NATO Madrid Summit in June 2022, Çavuşoğlu mentioned “there has not been any satisfying steps taken by Sweden.”
“There are pledges (by Sweden and Finland) to NATO membership. It is not possible for us to say ‘yes’ to Sweden’s NATO membership without seeing these steps,” he mentioned.
He additionally mentioned the NATO bids of the 2 Nordic international locations may be assessed individually, as Türkiye is extra constructive in the direction of Finland’s course of.
Çavuşoğlu reminded of the mechanism established amongst Türkiye, Sweden, and Finland, and mentioned it’s useful for third assembly of mechanism to be held in Brussels.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
