Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to raise the issue of ratifying Finland before Sweden with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg in Ankara today. Stoltenberg continued to defend and speak for Sweden and joint NATO membership with Finland. It emerged during a press conference in Turkey, which Stoltenberg is visiting after the earthquake disaster. – I also welcome the contributions from our invited guests, Finland and Sweden – who show solidarity in action. I especially want to thank Sweden for the initiative to organize an international donor conference in March, Stoltenberg said, among other things. Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu, for his part, notes that a possible division of the ratification of Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership has already been raised by President Erdoğan. – It is important that NATO takes the opportunity in all contexts to push for ratification, this is not only important for Sweden, but also for NATO, says TV4 Nyhetern’s foreign commentator Elisabet Frerot. In the player above: Hear TV4 Nyheterna’s foreign affairs commentator Elisabet Frerot’s analysis.
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NATO chief: My opinion is that both countries should be ratified
