Sweden and Finland cannot enter the NATO alliance if the Turkish Parliament does not ratify their membership applications, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Monday.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Turkish broadcaster NTV, Çavuşoğlu said that Sweden and Finland have to comply with the memorandum, warning that ”if they do not comply, we will not accept them into NATO.”
Turkey will ensure that other NATO countries participate in the memorandum signed with Sweden and Finland, the minister said and added: ”It will not be limited to just three countries. This is a written commitment. We wanted them to be written and signed.” Läs artikel