US: Turkey’s reaction to Sweden, Finland’s NATO bids does not affect bilateral relations

The State Department issued a statement stating that its denial Turkey in its application for membership Sweden and her Φινλανδίας in the NATOdoes not affect bilateral relations between Washington and Ankara.

“Turkey’s approach to the process of Sweden and Finland joining NATO is not a bilateral issue between Washington and Ankara“, Stressed a representative of the State Department, adding that The Biden government is convinced that there will eventually be a consensus on the issue.

It is recalled that Sweden and Finland formally applied for membership in the North Atlantic Alliance on Wednesdayalmost three months after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Turkey has strongly opposed the Nordic countries’ accession to NATO, demanding that they lift the arms embargo on them and, in particular, that Sweden stop offering shelter to members of the PKK, which Ankara considers a “terrorist organization”.

Source: News Beast

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