Its general secretary NATO, Jens Stoltenberghad contact with her Foreign Minister Turkey, Mevlüt Tsavousogluaccording to a post on Twitter.
“I spoke with Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu about the decisions of our closest partners, Finland and Sweden, to apply for NATO membership. Turkey is a valuable ally and any security concerns must be addressed. “We must be united in this historic moment,” said Stoltenberg.
Erdogan is negative
Earlier, the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoganrevealed that will not support Sweden and Finland’s demands for NATO membership.
According to the Reuters news agency, the Turkish president also referred to the sending of diplomatic missions that the two Scandinavian countries want to send to Ankara.
“Let them not bother to travel to Turkey to persuade us to approve their request”said Erdogan.
It is noted that Finland took the decision yesterday (15/5) to submit a request for NATO membership, with the country’s president, Sauli Niinisto, talking about “a historic day”.
Twenty-four hours later, the same decision was made by Sweden, with the announcement made by Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson in the Stockholm parliament.
Ankara claims Sweden and Finland are offering shelter to people linked to “terrorist” organizations – such as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Fethullah Gulen Movement, whom the Turkish government accuses of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt. .
Source: News Beast
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