Ankara –
President Turki Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the conversation with Finland and Sweden the matter of joining the two countries with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance did not reach the ‘expected level’.
Erdoan stressed that Ankara cannot say yes to ‘terrorist-supporting’ countries. This is as stated by Erdogan as reported by state television TRT Haber and reported by: ReutersMonday (30/5/2022).
Turkey is known to object to Finland and Sweden joining NATOthus holding back the deal that allowed for the historic expansion of the Western defense alliance following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Erdogan’s latest statement indicates that Turkey’s stance against joining Finland and Sweden with NATO will continue.
“As long as Tayyip Erdogan is the head of the Republic of Turkey, we certainly cannot say ‘yes’ to countries that support terrorism, join NATO,” Erdogan told local reporters after returning from a visit to Azerbaijan on Saturday (28/5) time. local.
Two sources previously told Reuters that Wednesday’s talks with the Finnish and Swedish delegates had made some progress, but it was not clear when further talks would take place.
It is known that all 30 NATO member states must agree to a plan to expand NATO.
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