With Turkey’s green light for Sweden’s NATO membership, the NATO Leaders’ Summit gained a new dimension. The summit started today in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The leaders of Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan will also attend the two-day summit attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. At the summit, Sweden’s NATO membership, the alliance’s new military plans and the latest situation in the Ukraine-Russia war will be discussed.
ERDOĞAN MEETS WITH MACRON
President Erdoğan met with President of France Emmanuel Macron.
President Erdoğan chatted with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as part of the summit.
GREEN LIGHT FROM TURKEY TO SWEDEN’S NATO MEMBERSHIP
President Erdoğan, who came to Vilnius yesterday for the summit, met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who held a press conference after the meeting, announced that Turkey gave the green light to Sweden’s NATO membership. Stating that he is pleased that Sweden’s NATO accession protocol will be brought to the Turkish Grand National Assembly as soon as possible, Stoltenberg said, “This is a contribution to our fight against terrorism and to Turkey’s security.” Stating that after the Madrid Summit held last year, Sweden changed its laws and lifted the arms embargo on Turkey, Jens Stoltenerg announced that Sweden’s cooperation will continue after the completion of the membership process, and that a special coordinator will be appointed to NATO for the first time in the fight against terrorism. .
NEW STATEMENT FROM THE PRIME MINISTER OF SWEDEN
On the other hand, a new statement came from Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. “We took very important decision-making steps yesterday regarding Sweden’s NATO membership.” Kristersson said that they had very good meetings with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Kristersson stated that after nearly 200 years of non-alignment in his country, he now wants to be under common protection and said:
“We want all NATO members to know that Sweden will also provide security to the Alliance. We are here for the long term. We are committed to the fight against terrorism, the fight against organized crime. Sweden has a lot to contribute to the Alliance. I am very pleased with the result achieved yesterday. We now look forward to the completion of the approvals.”
Stressing that his country favors close ties between the EU and Turkey, Kristersson said: “We now support the development of economic ties, updating the Customs Union, better visa regulations. This will create fertile ground for closer cooperation.” used the phrase.
MINISTERS WILL MEET
After the forum held on the first day of the NATO Summit, the first session of the summit will be held with the participation of Sweden. A declaration of cooperation on airspace will be signed between Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense will be held.
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