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Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, demanded on Monday for the European Union (EU) to open the door for accession Ankara to pave the way for Sweden to join
Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, demanded on Monday for the European Union (EU) to open the door for accession Ankara to pave the way for Sweden to join NATO, the process is stalled as Ankara realizes that Stockholm continues to harbor leaders of groups designated by Ankara as terrorist organizations, including the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
“Let’s first pave the way for Turkey to the EU and then we will pave the way for Sweden, as we did with Finland.”he said before boarding his flight to attend the NATO summit, which begins tomorrow in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
Turkey formally applied to join the EU in 1987, although it had to wait until 1999 to become a candidate country and until 2005 to start negotiations. Ankara has repeatedly condemned the lack of progress in this process. longest time for a country to join the bloc.
In fact, in June 2022 the European Parliament advocated keep negotiations frozen by citing a lack of commitment Ankara with the basic rights of European reform, in addition to the “permanent break” with the bloc regarding democratic values and standards.
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Likewise, the President of Turkey emphasized that “progress in the process of Sweden’s accession to NATO depend on compliance with the issues included in the tripartite memorandum”This was reported by the Turkish state news agency Anatolia.
Erdogan also pointed out that “to end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible in a fair and lasting way.” will facilitate the process of Ukraine’s accession to NATO”supporting this opportunity during a visit to Turkey by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
It is planned that Erdogan meets this Monday in Vilnius WithWith Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson, before the Allied leaders’ summit in Vilnius to close the political agreement to complete the accession.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said last week that Stockholm’s entry into the Atlantic Alliance “within reach” and stressed that “ratification does not mean the end of cooperation with Turkey.”
Sweden’s entry into NATO waiting for Türkiye and Hungary to complete the ratification of their accession in the parliamentary process. Stockholm and Helsinki requested their accession to NATO in May 2022 in response to the turnaround caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, although only Finland’s accession was ratified.
Despite the tripartite agreement between Ankara, Stockholm and Helsinki on the eve of the allied summit in Madrid in June 2022, Sweden remained under the gun of Turkey, coincided with the election campaign for the presidential elections, in which Erdogan confirmed his position, and Hungary joined the blockade, citing European affairs.
(Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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