Finland should consider joining NATO without Sweden, its foreign minister said for the first time on Tuesday, January 24, after Turkish President Erdogan ruled out Ankara’s green light for candidacy.
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The joint membership of the two Nordic countries remains.the first version“but”We obviously have to assess the situation if something has happened that in the long term Sweden can no longer move forward.“, said head of diplomacy Pekka Haavisto on public television Yle, but judging that he.too early to assume office“.
Turkish green light “delay”.
The burning of a Koran by a right-wing extremist at a police-sanctioned demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on January 21 sparked protests from Turkey and the Muslim world. Turkish President Recep Erdogan said on Monday that Sweden can no longer count on “supportAfter this incident in Ankara, which comes on top of another one triggered by a video by pro-Kurdish activists in mid-January.
These protest actions aprohibitionto turn to NATO and “Protesters play with security in Finland and SwedenPekka Haavisto lamented on Tuesday. “My conclusion is that there will be a delay (for the Turkish green light), which will certainly last until the Turkish elections in mid-May.“, he admitted.
Ankara’s veto power
Unlike Sweden, Turkey has announced in recent months that it has no major objections to Finland joining NATO. Like the bloc’s 30 members, Ankara must ratify the entry of any new member, effectively holding a veto.
Helsinki, however, has so far refused to entertain the option of joining without Sweden, stressing the benefits of joint membership with its very close neighbour. In May, the two Nordic countries presented their candidacy on the same day at NATO headquarters in Brussels in the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ending decades of military alliances. A memorandum of understanding with Turkey was signed in June in Madrid, but Ankara, which criticizes Sweden in particular for being an asylum.terroristsThe Kurds consider Sweden’s efforts to respect it insufficient.
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