Czech Republic: Senate Approves Sweden and Finland Accession Protocols to NATO

Its Senate Czech Republic approved yesterday Wednesday, almost unanimously, the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. All 66 senators who participated in the process erejected the admission of Sweden to NATO, while 64 out of 65 approved the admission of Finland. A senator was absentbut later assured the public news agency ČTK that he did it by mistake.

It remains, as reported by APE-MPE, for the admission protocols of the two Nordic countries to be approved by the Czech lower house as well, which is considered a mere formality. The final step is for the president to sign the ratification Milos Zeman.

The Czech Republic is on track to become the 24th NATO member state to approve enlargement.

Ratification of the protocols by all 30 member states of the military alliance is required.

The the most important obstacle to the completion of the process is Turkey: Ankara primarily accuses Stockholm, but also Helsinki, of protecting members of the separatist armed Kurdish movement the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and other organizations it characterizes as terrorist.

Source: News Beast

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