Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened once again this Friday to “freeze” Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership if the conditions imposed by Turkey are not respected (18).
At a NATO summit in Madrid in June, Erdogan urged the two countries to “do their part” in the fight against terrorism, accusing them of taking refuge in Kurdish activists whom Ankara considers “terrorists”. He also threatened not to abide by the agreement to expand the Atlantic Alliance.
“We have taken a very clear stance on the further enlargement of NATO (…) I would like to reiterate once again that we will freeze the process if these countries do not take the necessary steps to meet our conditions,” Erdogan said. said. government meeting.
We note that Sweden, in particular, does not give a good image in this regard,” he said.
When asked about Erdogan’s statements, US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price only reminded that Turkey approved the participation of two Scandinavian countries at the NATO summit held in Spain at the end of June.
“Turkey, Finland and Sweden signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding in Madrid to put this process into practice,” Price told reporters.
“The United States will continue to work with these three countries to ensure that this accession and ratification process – here and around the world – is as quick and efficient as possible.”
Erdogan will travel to Tehran on Monday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who he hopes will get the green light for an armed intervention in northwest Syria.
source: Noticias
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