US media Turkey comment: Biden’s big win is in jeopardy
The tension between Sweden and Turkey, which acted together with Finland to join NATO after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, does not cease.
The NATO accession process, previously vetoed by Turkey on the grounds that it “did not cooperate enough with terrorism”, began with the intervention of the United States at the NATO Leaders Summit held in June last year. At that time, US President Joe Biden made positive statements about the sale of F-16s to Turkey, and these negotiations became the agenda.
The burning of the Holy Quran by far-right politician Paludan in Sweden had brought the ropes to the breaking point on the Ankara-Stockholm line.
But in recent weeks, with the ugly action involving a model lookalike of President Erdoğan in Sweden and the burning of the Holy Quran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm at the weekend, tensions have risen on the Ankara-Stockholm line. As the Turkey-Finland-Sweden tripartite talks were suspended, a remarkable analysis was published in the Washington Post.
Olivier Knox’s article titled “One of Biden’s biggest diplomatic victories is at stake.” “Last year, President Biden received Senate support for Sweden and Finland to join NATO to increase US military support for Europe and strike a blow at Russia’s imperial plans,” the article states. But now these plans are in jeopardy. The reason for this is Turkey. And the Senate,” he said.
While it was noted that Hungary, along with Turkey, did not give final approval for the membership of these two countries, he announced that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s pressure on Ankara, “Complete the process and accept Sweden” , was over Ankara before. the events that occurred last week.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE CONGRESS?
While the ropes were recorded to have snapped after far-right politician Rasmus Paludan burned the Holy Quran on Saturday, it was recalled that the US did not make a very strong and clear statement about the ugly attack that took place in Sweden. .
On the other hand, while it was claimed that there were disagreements over Turkey in the Senate, it was claimed that some US politicians pressured Turkey not to sell F-16s without approving Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership.