Finland: the sooner it becomes a NATO member, the better
In an interview with Reuters after meeting his Turkish counterpart, Hulusi Akar, in Ankara. kaikkonen“The sooner the better,” he said, when asked about ratifying NATO membership.
kaikkonen He said Helsinki would prefer to join the union with Stockholm, which applied for NATO membership, and not go “alone”.
30 NATO member countries signed Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO accession protocol in early July, but the parliaments of NATO member countries must ratify these protocols. The process is expected to last 1 year.
Turkey, which opposes these two countries’ NATO membership, is demanding that Sweden and Finland extradite people against whom Turkey has issued a search warrant for terrorist offences. Turkey is closely following the steps of these countries for approval.
He also made an online statement to the Finnish press after meeting with Akar today. kaikkonenstated that Finland may allow some weapons to be exported to Turkey.Ankara had previously stated that the two countries had imposed an arms embargo on Turkey.
Source: Sozcu
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