Blinken, in Turkey, urges speedy Sweden, Finland’s accession to Nato
“Finland and Sweden have already taken concrete steps to fulfil the commitments that they met under the trilateral memorandum of agreement that they signed,” Mr Blinken said, adding that the US strongly supported their accession into the alliance “as quickly as possible”.But Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, alongside Mr Blinken, said all parties in the alliance must convince Sweden in particular to take more action to address Ankara’s concerns and win its support for the bid.
When asked if Ankara would approve their accession by the time of a Nato summit set to take place in Lithuania in July, a gathering by which the Western countries are hoping the expansion can be completed, Mr Cavusoglu said Stockholm needed to do more. “Sweden made a law change, but we see that every kind of activity, including terrorism financing, recruitment and propaganda, is continuing in Sweden,” he said.
“If they take steps that convince our Parliament and people, there could be a development in this direction,” he added.
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