Finland has the patience to wait for its accession to Nato in part due to the security guarantees it received from several countries at the beginning of what has become an almost nine-month process, says Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto (Greens).
“We still hope that we’ll be members by the summit in Vilnius [Lithuania in July], even though we can’t influence decision-making in Hungary or Turkey,” he stated to reporters in Helsinki on Monday.
“My understanding is that the Turkish leadership has had genuine discussions about the possibility that the current parliament moves forward with the ratification. But I can’t analyse the mindset or timetable of the parliament more closely,” he told.
Haavisto reiterated to Çavuşoğlu the Finnish stance that Finland and Sweden should be accepted into the defence alliance simultaneously. “Sweden is our closest co-operation partner in defence and security policy, and in this regard our stance hasn’t changed. Läs artikel