Adviser to the President of Turkey, Fahrettin Altun, says in Dagens Nyheter that Finland and Sweden have nothing to negotiate. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is working to alleviate the situation.
– It is not right for Finland and Sweden to spend NATO time at critical times, Fahrettin Altun write in his reply to the magazine.
According to Altun, Turkey expects more from Sweden than speech. The same applies to Finland.
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Jussi Halla-aho (ps.) said earlier that Finland and Sweden cannot be flexible in extradition matters.
Finland’s arms exports are being reviewed by the Foreign Minister Pekka Haaviston (Green) on a case-by-case basis.
According to Turkey, its demands are reasonable, and the country has indicated that it expects Finland and Sweden to agree to them. Erdogan’s second advisor Ibrahim Kalin tells Turkey ‘s state news agency that the NATO summit in Madrid at the end of June will not be a deadline for Turkey to make any decisions.
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg seeks to resolve the situation that appears to be a dead end in Turkey, Finland and Sweden. Stoltenberg has met with the Prime Minister Sanna Marinin (sd.) in Washington and says he spoke on the phone with President Erdogan.
According to Stoltenberg, he and Marin discussed the need to address Turkey’s concerns and the progress of Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO applications.
Stoltenberg describes his conversation with Erdogan as constructive. They also discussed NATO and Swedish NATO applications, but Stoltenberg does not go into the content of the discussions.
Senior officials from Finland, Sweden and Turkey are scheduled to meet in Brussels next week to discuss the situation behind the lock.