This weekend, Turkish media reported that the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is dissatisfied with how the talks with Sweden and Finland on NATO membership have developed so far. They have not reached the “desired level”, according to Erdogan.
At a press conference in Brussels on Tuesday night, the Prime Minister is very careful about commenting on Erdogan’s proposal.
– We will continue to have talks with Turkey at various levels. It is a dialogue that continues, says Magdalena Andersson.
She does not share the Turkish view that the visit of a Swedish and Finnish delegation to Ankara last week was disappointing.
– We think it has been good and constructive conversations, says Magdalena Andersson.
“Better to negotiate in negotiating rooms”
The Green Party is worried that the government will give in to Kurds and arms exports in talks with Turkey and demands that Foreign Minister Ann Linde explain herself in the Riksdag.
Magdalena Andersson does not want to go into what is negotiable to get Turkey to give up its opposition to letting Sweden and Finland into NATO.
– I think it is better to negotiate in the negotiating room rather than via the media, she says.
The Prime Minister does not directly answer the question of whether she herself will travel to Ankara to meet Erdogan.
– We will think about which forms of meeting and places are best. We will do what we believe is best for the process, she says.
In order for Sweden to be able to become a member of NATO, it is required that all 30 member states say yes.