Reports from Anatolia indicate that Sweden and Finland have not met their obligations in relation to Turkey within the NATO membership process. The outlet cites diplomatic sources to back the claim.
A tripartite meeting involving representatives from Sweden, Finland, and Turkey is scheduled to take place in Brussels on Thursday, according to the same sources.
The briefing suggests that Brussels will see a thorough exchange on whether Helsinki and Stockholm have fulfilled the commitments they made on the margins of the Madrid NATO summit. The account notes a discrepancy between what alliance officials have publicly stated and Ankara’s interpretation, asserting that the commitments remain largely unfulfilled in practice. Turkish officials are seeking tangible actions from both Stockholm and Helsinki.
Chagry Erhan, who previously served on the Security and Foreign Policy Council chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and is the rector of Altınbaş University in Istanbul, indicated that if Sweden and Finland maintain their stated positions to counter Kurdish separatist groups, they could still join NATO by fall or winter. The assessment reflects Ankara’s expectation that concrete measures will accompany any progress toward membership within the alliance.