The next NATO summit is scheduled to be held in July.
Jens Stoltenberg The NATO Secretary General is confident that Sweden will join the NATO military alliance by July at the latest. open Quoting a statement by the German News Agency (DPA), citing Politico newspaper. The next NATO summit is scheduled to be held from July 9 to 11. He said the meeting will be held in Washington, and the Scandinavian country will become a full member by then.
The newspaper pointed out that while Finland's accession was quickly approved by member states, Turkey and Hungary hindered Sweden's accession for a long time. The proposal had previously been submitted to the parliaments of the two countries, and since then the Turkish President, who exercises executive power, and the Hungarian Prime Minister have pointed the finger at members of parliament in the matter.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan The Turkish president used to make several excuses. He demanded, for example, that the Swedish government take action against members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on its territory. Turkey later delayed ratifying Sweden's accession, citing F-16 fighter jets it wanted to buy from the United States. Peter Szijjarto Last September, the Foreign Minister highlighted a Swedish educational film in which, he said, serious accusations and false information about Hungary were being spread, which would not help Sweden join NATO. For this reason, Szijjarto sent a letter of complaint to his partner in the Swedish office, Tobias Bilströmnik. Even though it's August Russian President Vladimir Putin His new history, in which the 56-year-old Hungarian heroes are denounced as fascists and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Hungary is labeled a mistake, has created no such diplomatic waves.
He met the Turkish president in Budapest in mid-December Viktor Orbán With the Prime Minister. Upon his departure from the Hungarian capital, he said: They expect positive developments regarding F-16 aircraft and Canada’s promises to lift the arms embargo. He said at the time that this could help the Turkish Parliament's positive attitude toward Sweden.
In his international press conference held at the end of December, Orban denied the existence of a Turkish-Hungarian agreement regarding Sweden. At the same time, he said that the Hungarian parliament “has no great desire” to ratify Sweden's membership application.
A few days later, the Turkish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee approved Sweden's entry into the alliance after several months of delay, and now MPs only have to give the final green light.
Jens Stoltenberg stated that Stockholm respected its obligations to Ankara and made concessions.
