İbrahim Kalın, the Representative of the President of Turkey, said that Turkey did not close the NATO door to Sweden. NTV.
“We did not close the doors to NATO for Sweden, the process, the speed of the process depends entirely on the steps taken by Stockholm,” Kalyn said.
He added that unlike Sweden, which allows it to take hostile actions against Turkey and Muslims and the burning of the Koran, the Turkish authorities have no complaints against Finland. Therefore, according to Kalın, a protocol regarding the approval of Finland’s membership to the alliance by the Turkish General Assembly (parliament) is expected to be signed now.
Former Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson acceptedFinland will join NATO before Sweden.
On May 17, 2022, Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO, two of the 30 countries, Turkey and Hungary, did not ratify. Both countries announced that they were ready to approve Finland’s application, but did not approve Sweden’s application.