Ankara is optimistic about the talks.
After Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership, they were blocked by Turkey . Ankara has set out conditions with concrete steps to end support for Kurdish organizations that Turkey considers terrorist.
“We hope that Sweden and Finland understand our position, and other allies should promote these candidates in this direction and take concrete steps,” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after meeting with Polish and Romanian counterparts Zbigniew Rau and Bogdan./span>
Turkish Minister is confident that Sweden and Finland are able to meet Turkish requirements.
In addition to refusing to support the Kurds, Turkey wants the lifting of the arms embargo, global cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
Sweden and Finland will arrive at the NATO summit in Madrid on June 29-30, but as guests. But they will be able to get the keys if they find a compromise this month.
Polish Foreign Minister Rau believes that a solution will be found, and it is will show that it will show the unity of NATO.
“Contrary to many voices, I am very optimistic about the prospects for resolving these differences, and in the best spirit of NATO's long-term unity and partner solidarity, this issue will be resolved,” Rau said. span style = “font-weight: 400;”> This dispute, he continued, will help allies learn to better understand each other's interests and take them into account in the future.
The Polish Foreign Minister is convinced that Sweden and Finland are needed by NATO and will make it stronger.
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Sweden and Finland have long been synchronizing their security and defense policies. Unlike their neighbors Denmark and Norway, which are members of NATO, Sweden and Finland, they had to rely on themselves. When it turned out that Russia was a much more dangerous neighbor than it seemed, Sweden and Finland reconsidered their position on NATO. Read more in the article by Alina Gritsenko “Finland is one step away from NATO membership: what Russia will respond to.”
