Due to Turkey’s reluctance, the allies have not yet given the green light to open negotiations with Helsinki and Stockholm over their accession to NATO.
The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO It is not building the necessary consensus among the 30 allies after the first meeting of the Atlantic Council that assessed the candidacy of both Scandinavian countries to join the military alliance, as reported by the Europa Press agency.
The allies have not given the green light to open negotiations with Helsinki and Stockholm Turkey’s Reluctancealleging that both Scandinavian countries have ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Kurdish organization considered terrorist by Ankara.
NATO’s decision-making body, which unites all allies, held this Wednesday First meeting in which the members of the organization had it in their power to give the green light for the start of accession negotiations with Sweden and Finland.
Members have been studying the candidacy just hours after the two Scandinavian countries handed it over to Secretary-General, JEns Stoltenbergthe formal application to join the Atlantic Alliance.
Stoltenberg is now expected to take a step and open talks with allies to… unlock the situationaccording to the sources consulted by Europa Press.
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