Sweden’s prime minister said on Sunday that Turkey, which has blocked NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland for months, has made some demands Sweden cannot accept.
Ulf Christerson said during a security conference, “Turkey has confirmed that we have done what we said we would do, but also says that it wants things that we cannot do, that we will not give.” Want.” by NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.
“We are convinced that Turkey will make a decision, we don’t know when,” he said, adding that it would depend on internal politics within Turkey as well as “Sweden’s ability to show seriousness.”
Sweden and Finland broke decades of military non-alignment and applied to join a US-led defense coalition in response to Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine.
But Turkey refused to approve his bid unless both countries took steps, including joining Turkey’s fight against banned Kurdish militants.