Finland, Sweden, And Turkey Will Discuss The Expansion Of NATO
Finland, Sweden, and Turkey will discuss the expansion of NATO, meeting will be held this month: NATO.
Representatives of Finland, Sweden, and Turkey will hold a meeting this month on the expansion of NATO amid the Russia-Ukraine War.
In which the expansion of NATO between the three countries will be discussed. Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Havisto has given this information.
Havisto was quoted as saying by the news agency on Friday that discussions in Finland have been said to continue on the basis of a memorandum signed by the three states shortly before the NATO summit in Madrid in June.
Turkey had created pressure on Sweden-Finland.
According to the information, before this agreement, Turkey was blocking Sweden and Finland’s plans to join the Western Military Alliance.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the two Scandinavian countries of harboring members of the Syrian YPG Kurdish militia as well as members of the Gulenist movement.
The Syrian YPG is considered by some to be linked to terrorism, but some Western countries consider them to be the most effective fighting force against Islamic extremist groups.
There will be a meeting between the representatives of the three countries.
In this agreement, the countries of Finland and Sweden have promised Turkey national security. At the same time, he has also assured to make deportation easier.
Havisto said that representatives of the three countries may meet alternately in Finland, Sweden, and Turkey.
Sweden and Finland have received approval to join NATO.
The Senate, the upper house of the US Parliament, has approved the inclusion of Sweden and Finland in NATO. 95 members of both Democrats and Republicans voted in favor of the proposal.
Only one Republican MP voted in opposition. Republican Josh Howley, who voted in opposition, argued that we need to reduce the focus on Europe’s security while focusing more on the Chinese threat.
