Sweden and Finland took the side Emanuel Macron in a telephone conversation she had with him Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The French president discussed the efforts of Finland and Sweden to join NATO’s alliance with his Turkish counterpart on Thursday.
According to a statement issued by the Elysee, the French president reiterated to Erdogan the importance of respect for sovereign decisions Finland and Sweden as a result of a democratic process “in an intervention in response to the evolution of their security environment”.
Mr Macron expressed hope that the Nordic countries’ negotiations with Turkey would continue so that to find a “quick solution”.
The Swedish news agency reports that Erdogan said that “the two countries’ contacts with people and organizations affiliated with the PKK and its Syrian branch, the YPG, are in direct contradiction to the spirit of NATO.”
Finnish and Swedish diplomats Talks began with Turkish representatives in Ankara on Wednesday to curb Turkish resistance to the two Scandinavian nations joining NATO.
Ankara has issued list of requirementswhich must be satisfied by Helsinki and Stockholm before the talks can proceed.
Sweden and Finland simultaneously applied to join the alliance last week, but Turkey has blocked the initial processing of applications.
Macron and Erdogan also discussed the Ukrainian food crisis and expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in Libya.
“Stop providing support to terrorists to lift the veto”
THE Turkey expects the Sweden and Finland to take concrete action and stop providing, as he said, support to terrorist organizations in order that Ankara to lift its objections to the two countries joining NATOmeanwhile announced today the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Tsavousoglu.
Finland and Sweden formally applied to join NATO last week seeking to boost their security after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and hoping that their accession process will be quick.
Other NATO members have described NATO’s planned enlargement as historic.
However, Turkey has raised objections, saying that these countries are supporting persons associated with the PKK and supporters of the imam Fethullah Gulenwhich Ankara accuses it of orchestrating the failed coup in 2016.
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