“They have made great strides since all member countries, including Turkey, invited them to become full members during the summit” in Madrid last year, the NATO secretary general said.
Absolutely sure about her accession of Sweden in Atlantic Alliancestated that he is the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenbergtwo days after the re-election of Tayyip Erdogan to the presidency of Turkey, which has so far blocked her admission.
“I am absolutely sure of the fact that Sweden will become a member of NATO, a full member,” Stoltenberg said during a round table discussion in Oslo, which hosts an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday and Thursday.
“We will have close contacts with Ankara, with President Erdoğan, to help speed up this process as much as possible,” the NATO secretary general told reporters.
“They have made great strides since all member countries, including Turkey, invited them to become full members during the summit” in Madrid last year, he added.
“I have been of the view since last autumn that Sweden should have already joined by ratification and I continue to hold that view. But, when 31 countries have to agree, that obviously takes a bit more time than I’d like and that’s what we’re dealing with,” he added.
If the representative of Turkish diplomacy will not be present at this week’s informal preparatory meeting, he will undoubtedly be present during the Vilnius summit on July 11 and 12.
Source :Skai
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