“NATO is not a tourism or economic alliance. “It’s a security alliance, which means it has to promote security to all its members equally and fairly,” said Ibrahim Kalin.
Ankara is not ready to take a step back on the issue of the accession of the two Nordic countries in NATO.
According to the representative of the Turkish Presidency, the accession applications of Finland and Swedenwhich will be discussed this month in Madrid, depend entirely on the satisfaction of the demands that Ankara has put on the table.
Turkey insists that both Helsinki and Stockholm have not made the necessary moves.
He called on the two Nordic countries to comply with Ankara’s demands for a veto and the start of their accession to the Alliance.
His representative Recep Tayyip ErdoganIbrahim Kalin told the Spanish newspaper El Pais on Friday that in order for the process to move forward, the two countries would have to make progress on Turkish demands.
“It depends on what Sweden and Finland do”Kalin stressed and added: “Once we see progress in our demands, then the process will move forward. NATO is not a tourism or economic alliance. It is a security alliance, which means that it must promote security to all its members equally and fairly. “.
