🔴 Turkey demands path to EU membership in exchange for approving Sweden’s Nato bid
“Turkey has been waiting at the door of the European Union for over 50 years now, and almost all of the Nato member countries are now members of the European Union,” Mr Erdogan told reporters. “I am making this call to these countries that have kept Turkey waiting at the gates of the European Union for more than 50 years.”
He added: “Come and open the way for Turkey’s membership in the European Union. When you pave the way for Turkey, we’ll pave the way for SwedenEarlier, his office said he had told the US President, Joe Biden, during a telephone call on Sunday that Turkey wanted a “clear and strong” message of support for Turkey’s EU ambitions from Nato leaders at the Vilnius summit. However, a White House readout of the call made no mention of the issue.
The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Sweden’s Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey last November to the military alliance, which it launched, alongside Finland, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Finland became the alliance’s 31st member in April.
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