The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, achieved the retreat of Ankara on the subject of Sweden and Finland joining NATO during his trip to Ankara, in exchange for Turkey’s acquisition of F-16s.

Thus, Ankara changes its stance and returns to consultations with Sweden and Finland.

After his meeting with Blinken, Cavusoglu announced that “there will be more meetings with Sweden and Finland on their NATO membership” in the near future, changing its intransigent stance.

As SKAI correspondent Manolis Kostidis comments from Istanbul, Cavusoglu’s announcement does not mean that Turkey will say “yes” to the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, it only means that it is returning to the negotiating table, whereas until a few days ago days was negative and asked Stockholm to take more steps on the issue of terrorism.

And this after Blinken’s attitude, which conveyed the message of Woolsington that “to see if the request for F16s will pass, the dialogue about Sweden must begin”

Conditional dialogue after the elections

The devastating earthquake brought Athens and Ankara closer together and sparked discussions about starting a dialogue between the two sides.

However, Ankara talks about dialogue on all issues with maximalist positions.

For its part, Athens makes it clear that it is only discussing existing differences, such as the continental shelf.

The possible dialogue between Athens and Ankara is for after the elections, as Anthony Blinken pointed out yesterday from Athens.

However, as Manolis Kostidis comments, Turkey wants to put all issues on the table.

For its part, Greece does not discuss issues that it does not negotiate, issues of sovereignty, as Kyriakos Mitsotakis reportedly conveyed to Anthony Blinekn.

However, the US Secretary of State asked to tone down after the repeated threatening statements of Turkish officials who raised the issue of sovereignty over Greek islands because they are militarized

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