Stoltenberg has introduced at a press convention that the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has determined to elevate the veto that he maintained. “It is a historic step that advantages everybody’s safety right now,” he assured.
Turkey has confirmed this Monday that it’s withdrawing the blockade that it maintained till now on Sweden’s entry into NATO, after the assembly organized by the allied secretary common, Jens Stoltenberg, with Sweden on the eve of the summit of allied leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Stoltenberg has introduced at a press convention that the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has determined to elevate the veto that he had maintained till now after the appointment with the Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, in what was the final try to shut a political settlement. to unblock Stockholm’s accession to the navy group.
“It is a historic step that advantages everybody’s security right now,” he stated.
This step comes 14 months after beginning its course of along with Finland, which was already accepted by the allies because the thirty first member of NATO final April, after circumventing the Turkish veto and leaving Sweden behind.
Stoltenberg had spent months highlighting the “essential steps” taken by Stockholm to strengthen its cooperation with Turkey on terrorism, together with a constitutional reform that enables new anti-terrorism laws, arguing that Sweden’s accession should happen “as quickly as doable.”
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