The vote in the Turkish parliament on Sweden's accession to the NATOwhich was approved by a parliamentary committee on December 26, will not held “probably” before early 2024 with the return of MPs on January 15, according to Turkish parliamentary sources.
The Turkish parliament has been in recess since last night. The Foreign Affairs Committee approved yesterday, Tuesday, the protocol of Sweden's accession to the Atlantic Alliance, but the vote is pending in Plenary session of the Turkish Parliament.
THE Turkey it is the last member of the Atlantic Alliance along with Hungary to block the way to Sweden's accession by making demands and pretexts to justify its stance. Stockholm submitted its candidacy to NATO shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, at the same time as Finland, which was accepted last April.
The president Tayyip Erdogan has the possibility to convene an extraordinary parliamentary session before the resumption of the work of the Turkish parliament. But Turkey's president has openly linked Ankara's green light to the sale of US F-16 fighter jets, which has been blocked by Congress. According to a diplomatic source in Ankara, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan spoke yesterday with his American counterpart Anthony Blinken “following the latter's request”.
According to the same source, Hakan Fidan insisted on the F-16 issue and reminded that the anchor “expects the American government and the American Congress to act in the spirit of the alliance and to respect the commitments made».
Source: News Beast
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