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Turkey’s President Takes Step To Move Along Sweden’s NATO Membership Bid
23Oct By adminNo Comments
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Turkey’s President Takes Step To Move Along Sweden’s NATO Membership Bid

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to Turkey’s parliament for ratification, his office said Monday.Erdogan had been delaying ratification of Sweden’s membership, accusing Stockholm of being too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups he considers to be security threats.All 31 NATO allies must endorse Sweden’s membership. Turkey and Hungary have yet to ratify it.It was not immediately known when Sweden’s membership would come to the floor.Sweden and its neighbor Finland abandoned decades of military nonalignment after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia troops to invade Ukraine in February 2022, seeking protection under NATO’s security umbrella. Finland joined the military alliance in April. !funct...
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Turkey Withdraws All Objections to Sweden Entering NATO; Vladimir Putin’s Self-Own Is Now Complete – RedState
11Jul By adminNo Comments
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Turkey Withdraws All Objections to Sweden Entering NATO; Vladimir Putin’s Self-Own Is Now Complete – RedState

Monday, on the eve of what could prove the most momentous NATO Summit in recent history, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he would drop opposition to Sweden’s accession into NATO. “President Erdogan has agreed to forward the Accession Protocol for Sweden to the Grand National Assembly as soon as possible and work closely with the assembly to ensure ratification,” said Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary general, referring to Turkey’s parliament, in surprise remarks late Monday after meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Both Sweden and Finland, spooked by Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, applied for NATO membership 14 months ago; see Finland Announces It Will Join NATO, Sweden to Follow, While Moscow Makes Its ...
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Biden Says Ukraine Not Yet Ready For NATO Membership
9Jul By adminNo Comments
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Biden Says Ukraine Not Yet Ready For NATO Membership

President Joe Biden said that Kyiv is not yet ready to become a NATO member, stressing that Russia’s war in Ukraine must end before the alliance can invite the country to join.In an interview released Sunday with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, the president spoke about several foreign policy issues ahead of his weeklong trip to Lithuania for the 2023 NATO summit. Among those issues is Ukraine wanting to join the massive defense alliance as it continues to battle Russia.“I don’t think it’s ready for membership in NATO,” Biden said of Ukraine, adding that holding the alliance together is “really critical” because he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s overarching goal has been to break up the group of 30 countries.“I don’t think there is unanimity in NATO about whether or not to bring Ukrain...
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