Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held on Wednesday, June 15, a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reports.
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The Directorate of the Delushysaries of the Administration of the President of Turkey reported that Erdogan and Stoltenberg discussed the topic of Sweden and Finland’s applications for joining NATO. The Turkish leader again voiced the position of Ankara on this issue, noting the need to take steps to eliminate the legitimate fears of Turkey in the field of security.
“Promotion in the process of Sweden and Finland in NATO is impossible without practical steps to eliminate the concern of Ankara and written obligations to revise the paradigm of the approaches of the Scandinavian countries to combat terrorism and military -industrial cooperation,” said Erdogan.