Talks between the Scandinavian countries and Turkey continue after Turkey vetoed Finland and Sweden to join NATO. Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto suspects that a solution can be found at the NATO summit at the end of June.
“It is good that we can continue this dialogue, but it will certainly take some time,” Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday. Talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last weekend went well. Earlier, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said he was optimistic that a solution to the problem would be found. That could take some time, however, possibly until the NATO summit in Madrid at the end of June.
Weapons export limited
The Turkish government accuses Sweden and Finland, among others, of supporting “terrorist groups”. She is referring to the Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, against which she is acting militarily. Sweden, Finland and Germany subsequently restricted arms exports to Turkey in 2019.
US Republicans support accession
After many European countries, leading US Republicans have now expressed their support for the entry of the two Northern European countries into NATO. However, for this to be official, the Senate has yet to pass the bill by a two-thirds majority. This requires at least 17 Republicans and all of President Joe Biden’s Democrats. In order for a country to join NATO, the military alliance needs the consent of all existing members.
Source: Krone
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