Sauli Niinistö said that in a telephone conversation with the Turkish president on April 4, Mr. Erdogan had expressed his positive attitude towards Finland’s decision to join NATO.
Another article exposes the Turkish president for his irresponsible and unreliable stance and his decision to block Finland and Sweden joining NATO. A decision that has already destabilized the international arena and raises security issues in the midst of an ongoing war on European soil.
This time, in an interview with Ilta Sanomat, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö stated that in a telephone conversation with the Turkish President on April 4, Mr. Erdogan had expressed his positive attitude towards Finland’s decision to join the NATO.
More specifically, President Niinistö stated: “At the end of a long discussion I had with him, he said that in the event of an application for NATO membership, he would take a positive stance.” Erdogan had said he would evaluate the possibility of joining favorably.
In fact, President Niinistö points out that: “There was no possibility of misinterpretation.”
The Finnish president claims that Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto also had a contact with Tsavousoglu’s Turkish counterpart on May 5, which showed that there is no problem with the possibility of the country joining NATO.
According to Ilta-Sanomat, it is worth noting that after a telephone conversation between Finnish President Niinistö and Turkish President Erdoάνan and more specifically on April 4, the Turkish Presidency posted on twitter announcing that during the Due to the debate, Erdogan expressed his hope for the lifting of the arms embargo in Turkey.
In fact, President Niinistö told a Finnish news agency that the issue of arms exports was not a precondition for Finland’s accession to NATO, “but was a separate discussion”.
The Finnish President’s interview is added to a long list of international press articles highlighting the Turkish President’s insolvency, which creates another source of insecurity at a time when the planet needs political and energy stability more than ever.
