HELSINKI -Safety issues raised by Turkey in its opposition to Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership functions are legit, NATO Secretary Common Jens Stoltenberg stated on Sunday throughout a go to to Finland.
“These are legit issues. That is about terrorism, it’s about weapons exports,” Stoltenberg informed a joint information convention with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto whereas visiting him at his summer time residence in Naantali, Finland.
Sweden and Finland utilized to hitch the Western defence alliance final month, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However they've confronted opposition from Turkey, which has accused them of supporting and harbouring Kurdish militants and different teams it deems terrorists.
Stoltenberg stated Turkey was a key ally for the alliance resulting from its strategic location on the Black Sea between Europe and the Center East, and cited the help it has supplied to Ukraine since Russia despatched troops into its neighbour on Feb. 24. Moscow calls its actions a “particular army operation”.
“We now have to recollect and perceive that no NATO ally has suffered extra terrorist assaults than Turkiye,” Stoltenberg stated, utilizing the Turkish pronunciation of the nation’s identify, as most popular by Turkey and its President Tayyip Erdogan.
Stoltenberg and Niinisto stated talks with Turkey would proceed however gave no indication of progress within the negotiations.
“The summit in Madrid was by no means a deadline,” Stoltenberg stated, referring to a NATO assembly in Madrid on the finish of June.
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