US President Joe Biden may act as an intermediary for negotiations with Turkey on Finland and Sweden in NATO, writes the Milliyet newspaper with reference to sources in the North Atlantic Alliance.
“Sources in NATO, drew attention to the importance of meetings of the president of Finland Sauli Ninisto and Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson, who were negotiating with the United States regarding their membership in the Alliance, with President Joe Bayden. Actually, Bayden’s attempt to perform is also mentioned intermediary, ”writes Analyst Guldenener Sonumut in an article.
According to him, it is necessary in the same way to look at the results of the contacts of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlut Chavushoglu in Washington.
“In order for the issue of the membership of Sweden and Finland to be considered in the North Atlantic Council, the Stockholm administrations aimed at lifting the fears of Turkey will be crucial. In fact, Turkey requires that NATO allies and potential candidates listen to problems Turkish security and gave institutional and specific answers, ”the publication notes.
On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara could not agree with the entry of Finland and Sweden to NATO after these two countries refused to satisfy the republic’s request to extradite suspected terrorist organizations, in particular members of the terrorist PKK. Another reason why Turkey is not ready to support the entry of these countries into NATO, Erdogan called the introduction of restrictions on the supply of defense industry products. The President also recommended delegations from these two countries not to bother to travel to the republic in order to convince Ankar to agree to accept them to NATO. According to Jake Sullivan, an adviser to the American national security leader, Biden at this stage does not plan to come into contact with his Turkish colleague Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the light of Ankara’s concern about the expansion of NATO.