Biden welcomes Turkey’s agreement with Finland and Sweden

According to Fars News Agency’s International Group, US President Joe Biden welcomed Turkey’s agreement with Finland and Sweden to join the two northern European countries in NATO.

“The signing of the tripartite memorandum is an important step towards Finland and Sweden joining NATO and will increase our coalition and our collective security,” he said in a statement.

Hours ago, news sources reported that Turkey had agreed with Sweden and Finland, two countries in northern Europe, to join NATO.

According to news sources, the leaders of Turkey, Sweden and Finland have recently signed a memorandum on the two northern European countries joining NATO.

“This is a tripartite agreement to join NATO,” said an informed source.

“On the first day of the coalition summit in Madrid, the capital of Spain, Turkey supported the joint membership of Finland and Sweden in NATO,” Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said.

Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO on May 18 (Wednesday, May 28). They were expected to receive an invitation to the summit in Madrid, but Turkey blocked the accession process. Ankara urges these countries to recognize a number of Kurdish groups as terrorist organizations and to extradite Turkish wanted individuals on terrorist charges.

Sweden and Finland officially announced their application for NATO membership last month; An issue that their officials put on the agenda after the Russian conflict with Ukraine, despite warnings from Moscow officials.

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