Prime Minister of Sweden: Finland will probably join NATO sooner

According to Fars International News Agency, the Prime Minister of Sweden said on Tuesday that there is a possibility that Finland will join the NATO alliance earlier than Sweden.

According to the news agencyAssociated PressSwedish Prime Minister Olaf Kristerson said at a press conference in Stockholm on Tuesday that since the NATO meeting in Madrid in June, it has become clear that Finland’s path to NATO membership has been smoother than Sweden’s, and now It is possible that Finland will join NATO first.

According to the report, Turkey accuses both countries, especially Sweden, of appeasement towards groups it considers terrorist organizations or existential threats.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu recently said that Ankara has fewer problems with Finland joining NATO.

“It is not unlikely that the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO will be approved at different stages,” Kristersson said.

Earlier, the Parliament of Finland issued the final approval for the country’s accession to NATO with 184 votes against 7 votes. According to existing rules, all NATO members must also approve the accession of the new member.

Kristersson continued: “The issue is not whether Sweden will join NATO, but when Sweden will join NATO.”

Earlier, supporters of the terrorist group “PKK” held a rally in Stockholm and issued insulting statements against the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and after these developments, the Speaker of the Turkish Parliament, Mustafa Santop, canceled the planned visit of his Swedish counterpart to Ankara. And in this regard, Erdoğan’s lawyer filed a complaint in this regard in Ankara’s chief prosecutor’s office, and a criminal case was filed in this regard.

In May 2022, Finland and Sweden requested to join NATO under the pretext of the war in Ukraine, and Erdogan emphasized at that time that he could not support the joining of these two countries to NATO because these two countries cooperate with the PKK terrorist group, but then Following the negotiations between the parties with the Turkish authorities, the representatives of Sweden and Finland announced that they cooperate with Turkey in the fight against terrorism (more details).

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