PostedJune 28, 2022, 9:14 PM
The two Scandinavian countries will be able to be part of the Atlantic alliance. Turkey lifts its veto, having obtained their “cooperation” against the Kurdish fighters of the PKK and their allies.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (left) seals the deal with his Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto (right) as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and NATO Secretary General look on Jens Stoltenberg (hidden).
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The NATO countries, meeting at the summit in Madrid, will officially “invite” Sweden and Finland on Wednesday to join the alliance after the lifting, on Tuesday evening, of the Turkish veto on their membership, announced the secretary general. of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg. “I am delighted to announce that we have an agreement which paves the way for Finland and Sweden to join NATO” and which addresses “Turkey’s concerns about arms exports and the fight against terrorism,” added the Norwegian.
The Finnish presidency was delighted that this agreement, signed in front of the cameras by the heads of diplomacy of the three countries at the start of the Atlantic Alliance summit in Madrid, “confirms that Turkey will, during the summit this week, support the invitation of Finland and Sweden to join NATO”, announced the Finnish President, Sauli Niinistö.
For his part, the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, welcomed having obtained “full cooperation” from Finland and Sweden against the Kurdish fighters of the PKK and their allies, announced Ankara. Turkey agreed to the entry into the Atlantic alliance of these two Nordic countries after more than three hours of discussions on Tuesday in Madrid, on the sidelines of the Atlantic Alliance summit.
(AFP)