“Up in the air” seems to be Sweden’s accession to the NATOas Turkey has not yet lifted the veto despite the “massage” of the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg.
THE Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his communication with Olaf Solz, he described as unacceptable the action of the supporters of the Kurds in Sweden after from the new demonstrations in which a copy of the Koran was burned.
The Turkish president acknowledged the steps Sweden has taken, but made it clear that much more needs to be done.
Quartet on Sweden’s accession on 6 July
“Now is the time to welcome Sweden as a full member of NATO,” said his spokesman NATO, Jens Stoltenberg announcing the four-way meeting on Sweden’s accession to NATO. The Synod will take part in addition to Sweden, Turkey and Finlandtogether of course with officials of the North Atlantic Alliance.
And Hungary is delaying the ratification of Sweden’s accession. They will not schedule a related vote and will postpone it until the fall.
NATO members are lobbying for Turkey to give the green light to Sweden’s accession, at the Vilnius Synod on July 11 and 12. But Ankara has yet to lift the veto, which is becoming even less likely as extreme anti-Muslim protests continue in Sweden.
Foreign ministers, security advisers and the heads of the countries’ secret services will take part in the Summit. NATO and Western officials in general insist that Sweden meets all the criteria for membershipwhile Ankara claims that more needs to be done, especially with regard to Kurdish organizations.
Earlier this year, Turkey withdrew its objections to Finland, which joined NATO in April.
Source: News Beast
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