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Erdogan dissatisfied with negotiations with Swedish and Finnish delegations MOSCOW, May 29-RIA Novosti Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he was dissatisfied with the results of negotiations with the Swedish and Finnish delegations on the issue of countries joining NATO, TRT TV channel quotes him as saying. Erdogan accused Finland and Sweden of being "dishonest and insincere" and accused the latter of "protecting terrorists". "As long as Erdogan is the president of Turkey, we definitely cannot say yes to the entry of countries that support terrorism into NATO," he added. Earlier, the Financial Times newspaper wrote that Turkey blocked the start of the process of considering the application for Finland and Sweden to join NATO. Erdogan said that Ankara cannot say "yes" to the membership of Finland and Sweden in NATO, because it cannot believe their assurances about relations with representatives of the Kurdistan Workers' Party banned in Turkey. If Turkey agrees, NATO, according to Erdogan, "will not be a security organization, but will become a place where there will be many representatives of terrorists. " Countries cannot be admitted to the alliance without the unanimous approval of all its members. Russia has repeatedly noted that NATO is aimed at confrontation. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that further expansion of the alliance will not bring greater security to Europe, since the bloc has an aggressive character. At the same time, he noted that he does not consider the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO an existential threat to Russia. |
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29 May 2022
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