The Prime Minister of Finland today assessed that the requests of her country and Sweden to join NATO can be frozen if an agreement is not found with Turkey – which is currently blocking their candidacies – before the summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at the end of the month. NATO enlargement must […]
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Stoltenberg: ‘Important steps by Sweden to meet Turkey’s demands’
Sweden has taken significant steps to meet Turkey’s demands for approval of its NATO membership bid, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said today during a visit to Sweden. “I welcome the fact that Sweden has already begun to change its anti-terrorism legislation and will ensure that the legal framework for arms exports reflects its future status as […]
Jens Stoltenberg: Ankara’s Security Concerns Over Finland, Sweden’s Membership Requests
LAST UPDATE: 20:37 Turkey’s security concerns and its opposition to Finland and Sweden’s applications for NATO membership are “legitimate,” Jens Stoltenberg, the alliance ‘s secretary general, said in Finland today. “These are acceptable concerns about terrorism, but also about arms exports,” Stoltenberg told a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto as he visited […]
Tsavousoglou: Russia and terrorism are the two biggest threats facing NATO
Russia and terrorism are the two main threats facing NATO, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt ÇavuÅŸoλουlu said on Saturday, expressing Turkey’s support for the alliance’s open door policy, ahvalnews reported, citing the D website. The Turkish Foreign Minister’s statements come amid a dispute between Ankara and the alliance over Sweden and Finland’s accession demands. The two […]
Sweden seeks ‘constructive progress’ with Turkey on NATO
Sweden will seek constructive progress in talks with Turkey over Ankara ‘s objections to the Nordic country’ s bid to join NATO, Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Linde said today. Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO last month in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but have faced opposition from Turkey, which accuses them of […]
Sweden: The government ‘marginally’ survived the motion of censure
The Swedish government today avoided a major political crisis following the abstention of an independent Kurdish lawmaker, who opposes concessions to Turkey to remove Sweden’s membership in NATO, in a vote on a motion of censure had been filed against Justice Minister Morgan Johansson. The motion of censure against the Minister of Interior and Justice […]
Sweden: Former Kurdistan fighter to determine government survival
The Swedish government appears to be surviving a vote later today on a motion of censure against Justice Minister Morgan Johansson, with the help of a lawmaker who has vowed that Sweden will support the Kurds in northern Syria despite objections. Turkey, which opposes Sweden’s accession to NATO. Independent MP Amineh Kakabaveh, who is of […]
Bild: The Russian embassy in Stockholm is begging for extra money
Russian embassies are apparently running out of money due to EU sanctions, according to Bild. This is evidenced by the inspection of a correspondence file between the Russian embassy in Stockholm (Sweden) and an authority in Sweden. The Russian embassy in Stockholm and the consulate in Gothenburg applied through the Swedish “Kommerskollegium” (equivalent to the […]
US: Finland, Sweden join NATO will put Russia in difficult military position
The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO will put Russia in a difficult military position in the Baltic Sea, said today the head of the US General Staff National Defense General Mark Miley during a visit to Stockholm in view of military exercises. The two Nordic countries, both of which have long borders in […]
Kalin: NATO summit in Madrid is not a deadline for Finland and Sweden to join the alliance
The NATO summit in Madrid in late June is not a deadline for deciding on Sweden and Finland’s candidacy for the Alliance, which Turkey opposes, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said today. Sweden and Finland applied to join the Alliance last month in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, their demands […]
