Finnish President: Sometimes it is difficult to understand Turkey…

Spikes against Ankara’s uncompromising policy on Finland’s accession to NATO expressed on Sunday the president of the Scandinavian country Sauli Niinisto in the context of the joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

According to Niinisto, Finland has no major terrorism-related problems compared to other NATO countries. “That is why sometimes it is difficult to understand Turkey’s views” mentioned features.

Ankara blames Finland and Sweden as “hosting terrorists”.

Good meeting with NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg ahead of the Kultaranta Talks. We talked about the war in Ukraine and Finland’s NATO membership. pic.twitter.com/tnNWnHAVkR

– Sauli Niinistö (@niinisto) June 12, 2022

The Finnish president said “surprised” Turkey’s opposition to membership bid, but added that “it is important to listen to Ankara’s views”.

He also reiterated that Finland had received positive messages from Turkey about a possible application for NATO membership, months before a final decision is taken on the matter.

There is a lot of ongoing discussion between Turkey and Finland, Niinisto said, adding that it is important to explain to Turkey as much as possible about what Finland has already done in relation to its concerns.

“Turkey’s worries about Sweden – Finland joining NATO are legitimate”

For his part, o Jens Stoltenberg He said that the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO would increase the security of both NATO and the Scandinavian peninsula. He noted that the alliance has increased its presence in neighboring Finland.

Security concerns raised by Turkey in opposition to Finland, Sweden’s NATO bids are legitimate, said the Secretary General of the military alliance.

According to Reuters, visiting the President of Finland Sauli NiinistoStoltenberg said “it is important to note that no other NATO ally has suffered more terrorist attacks than Turkey and therefore its concerns must be taken seriously.”