NATO chief Jens Stoltenbergassured that Thursday in Ankara “The time has come” to ratify the candidacies of Finland and Sweden to integrate the Western Defense Alliance, which is blocked by Turkey.
“I still believe that the time has come to welcome Finland and Sweden as members of NATOStoltenberg stated during a press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
Ukraine could join NATO in two years
Requests from Finland and Sweden to join NATO were met with a Turkish veto, especially against the Swedish accession.
The Turkish government opposes Sweden’s accession because that country harbors Kurdish leaders already suspected of participating in the failed coup in Turkey in 2016.
Thirty NATO countries have signed the Finnish and Swedish accession protocols and 28 have ratified them. Only Turkey and Hungary have not yet expressed their agreement.
The Secretary General of NATO arrived at express the help of the Alliance’s support after the devastating earthquake of February 6, which killed some 36,000 in the country and some 3,700 in Syria.
Source: Eluniverso
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