Stoltenberg admitted he was too optimistic about the two countries ’early entry into the alliance.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said it was not yet clear when Sweden and Finland would join the alliance. He also admitted that he used to be too optimistic in assessing the timing of the climb. Stoltenberg said this at a press conference before the start of the two -day meeting in Brussels of NATO defense ministers.
“I was overly optimistic at the time, it’s true. Since that stage we didn’t have any information that there might be problems. But since then we’ve heard about Turkey’s concerns. And we admit that it might take longer more time, than expected, ”Stoltenberg said.
Meanwhile, Turkey does not intend to withdraw from its requests to Sweden and Finland. So, today Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country has not received a written response from Sweden and Finland to Ankara’s concerns about these countries ’entry into NATO.
In addition, information appeared in the media today about Turkey’s rejection of NATO’s proposal to conduct trilateral consultations with Sweden and Finland.
It will be recalled that former Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey would not change its position upon Sweden and Finland’s entry into NATO. The Turkish side will not give its consent until the Scandinavian countries refuse to cooperate with PKK representatives.
Finland refused to fulfill one of Turkey’s conditions for joining NATO
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Source: korrespondent
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