Türkiye will approve Sweden’s application to join NATO within a few weeks. This was announced by Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström. TASS.
The Head of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in his statement upon arrival at the meeting of foreign ministers of the alliance countries, said that on November 28, he had a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, and at this meeting, as he expected, the approval of the protocol on the country’s accession to NATO will take place in the coming weeks.
Before that Reuters WroteHe said Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told his NATO counterparts that Sweden was working hard to approve its application to join the organisation. According to him, a decision could be made before the end of 2023.
On 18 May, Sweden and Finland officially submitted their applications to join NATO. Finland joined the bloc, but Turkey and Hungary, which have not yet approved Sweden’s application, do not allow Sweden.
Kuleba, formerly Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine statedHe said he did not understand what conditions Kiev had to meet to join NATO.