Earlier, a quadripartite meeting was held in which the Secretary General participated. of the Alliance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson.
“White smoke” occurred recently on the sidelines of the Alliance Summit in Madrid, for accession Sweden and Finland in NATO, as a compromise was reached with Ankara lifting the veto. The foreign ministers of Turkey, Sweden and Finland have signed a memorandum on the Nordic countries’ NATO bids following talks in the Spanish capital.
Earlier, a quadripartite meeting was held in which the Secretary General participated. of the Alliance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson.
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The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday meetings of Turkish and Swedish officials. The quadripartite summit was aimed at curbing the Turkish president’s objections to the Nordic countries’ accession to NATO.
Ankara, Helsinki and Stockholm will prepare a joint memorandum to address Turkey’s concerns about the two Nordic countries joining NATO, Finnish media reported earlier.
“Greece, as the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has repeatedly stated, supports the candidacies of Sweden and Finland, as he believes that their accession will strengthen the Alliance. “When there is a conflict in the heart of Europe, the last thing the region needs is tension elsewhere. Greece is in favor of strengthening the Alliance, and it also plays a very important role as an EU member with a series of initiatives that enhance stability. in the Eastern Mediterranean, “government sources said.
THE Boris Johnson acknowledged that talks on Sweden and Finland joining NATO would lead to a “difficult debate” with Turkey at the North Atlantic Alliance summit, but welcomed “progress”.
“Finland and Sweden, which are overthrowing decades of historical neutrality, now want to join us. “It will be a difficult discussion,” the British prime minister told reporters on a plane carrying him to Madrid.
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