The Turkish parliament will be called back from summer recess next week.
But the extraordinary meeting should not be about Sweden’s NATO application, something Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch comments to TV4 Nyheterna.
– We would not appreciate it if Turkey had views on which matters and at what time decisions are made by the Swedish Riksdag.
The Turkish parliament will hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday, July 25, writes the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah.
According to information to TT, it is not about the ratification of the Swedish NATO application, but about a proposal to raise minimum wages and pensions.
Ebba Busch (KD) also believes that the affairs in the country have nothing to do with Sweden.
– As far as I understand, this is about a Turkish domestic political matter and a national issue for their parliament, says Ebba Busch.
She also adds that Sweden would not have appreciated if Turkey had views on Sweden’s domestic political matters.
– We also do not have views on how the Turkish parliament works.
Ebba Busch: The handshake applies
At the NATO summit in Vilnius recently, Turkish President Recep Tayyep Erdogan promised to forward the Swedish application to parliament for approval “as soon as possible”.
– We noted that we have now received a positive decision. A message that we also expected to receive from President Erdogan, says Ebba Busch and continues:
– That the handshake that President Erdogan gave Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson also applies.
Erdogan has not given an exact date for when the decision will be made, but said at a closing press conference at the summit that it will happen when parliament reopens after the summer break, which is in October.
“No question marks”
The Swedish government hopes, however, that the parliament will be convened extra during the summer, so that Sweden can become a full NATO member sooner than that.
– We have received the message that we have received. It is an expected announcement that Sweden will contribute to making NATO stronger. Now it must be completed according to the process that we take in several different countries including Turkey. We see no question marks about that process, says Ebba Busch.
Of the NATO member states, only Turkey and Hungary have not yet ratified Sweden’s application.