President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday confirmed Turkey’s opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO.accusing them again of not taking a clear stance against terrorism.
“We will not say ‘yes’ to those (countries) that apply sanctions on Turkey to join the NATO security organization,” Erdogan said. would be reset on Twitter,” Musk tweeted on Thursday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has already made it clear that there would be consequences if the two Nordic countries unite and lend their territory to install alliance bases and weapons.. Therefore, it is important that NATO quickly draws them into the fold where they can benefit from the security guarantees that membership provides.
They are off to a fast start. Finland and Sweden are the closest NATO partners. They have functioning democracies, well-funded armed forces, and contribute to alliance military operations and air surveillance. Any obstacles they face will simply be technical in nature, or possibly political.