The “bargain” for Sweden’s accession to NATO is thickening o Recep Erdogan, who officially declared that set a new term on his departure for the Summit in Vilnius!

“Right now there is a Turkey that has been waiting at the gates of the EU for 50 years… Almost all NATO countries are members of the EU… I address the countries that have put Turkey on hold for 50 years, as I will also address in Vilnius. First open Turkey’s way to the EU, just like we did with Finland to open Sweden’s way to NATO. Last night I also told Mr. Biden in this style» interpreted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan as broadcast by Manolis Kostidis.

“We can’t take it anymore. It’s been 50 years… We are not just any country. They need to know that.” he even stated.

The President of Turkey noted that the Parliament will take the final decision. “Without the Parliament’s decision we cannot take any step. For the F-16s, they keep telling us that “this has to go through Congress”. Well, since they have the Congress and we have our Parliament» he pointedly observed.

The presidents of Turkey and the US agreed on Sunday in a phone call to have a one-on-one meeting at the Alliance summit in Vilnius.

The US president reportedly stated that Turkey wants to modernize the F-16, and his own wish is to strengthen the military capacity of Ankara and Athens and in this context to strengthen NATO, by “allowing Sweden to join NATO”.

The White House announced that Joe Biden is “looking forward” to Sweden joining NATO “in the near future” and considered that it is “likely” that Turkey and Hungary will change their stance at the Vilnius summit.

The two leaders also discussed the process accession of Turkey to the EU and the position of Ukraine vis-à-vis NATO during the conversation reports the Anatoli agency.

Underscoring that Turkey was sincere about joining the EU, Erdogan specifically stated that “Ankara wants to revive its accession process for full inclusion in the bloc”.

“He added that Turkey wanted EU leaders and the bloc’s leadership to give a clear and strong message of support for Turkey’s membership during the Vilnius summit.”

Ankara has not seen sufficient progress from Sweden to support its application for NATO membership, Tayyip Erdogan warned Biden in his phone call with Biden.

The Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan had on monday new telephone contact with the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Sweden’s accession in NATO, with the Americans to intensify the pressures in Ankara to resolve the issue.