Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said the kingdom still has the option to join NATO before the NATO summit in Lithuania in July. transmits tela According to him, everything depends on Turkey’s decision, but now he is busy with domestic politics in the second round of the presidential elections.
“We shouldn’t believe this anymore in this process. [вступления Швеции в НАТО] something is happening. Now Türkiye is busy with domestic politics. And it’s clear that there is less and less time,” Kristersson said.
As the Swedish Prime Minister stated, after the second round of the presidential elections in Turkey on May 28, there is only one and a half months left for the NATO summit to be held in Lithuania. He also added that during this time he still had confidence in Ankara’s positive decision to join the kingdom.
Earlier, Swedish Defense Minister Paul Jonsson said that the kingdom’s should have been member of the North Atlantic Alliance several decades ago.