ANKARA — Türkiye said on Wednesday that it was waiting for
a “written response” from Sweden and Finland to Ankara’s objections to their
NATO bids.
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“We have transmitted our questions in writing to
these two countries,” Türkiye Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters.
“Now we’re waiting for their written responses,” he
said.
The two Nordic countries reversed decades of
military non-alignment by applying for NATO memberships in May, following
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Any NATO membership deal must, however, be
unanimously approved by all 30 members of the alliance, and Türkiye has thrown
a spanner in the works and blocked their bids.
Ankara is accusing the Nordic neighbors of providing
a safe haven for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, listed as a “terrorist”
group by Türkiye and its Western allies.
Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told members
of his party on Wednesday that “as long as Sweden and Finland don’t adopt
concrete measures on the fight against terrorism, our position will not
change.”
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday,
during a visit to Sweden, that NATO was working “hard and actively” to resolve
Türkiye’s concerns “as soon as possible”.
Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin acknowledged on Tuesday
that the Nordic bids could stall if agreement with Türkiye is not reached
before a summit later in June.
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