Sweden’s Kristersson: NATO negotiations with Turkey will continue in March

Visiting Prime Minister Marin in Stockholm swore together with Kristersson

According to Kristersson, Turkey has confirmed the matter on Wednesday and the exact date will be confirmed soon.

NATO negotiations between Sweden, Finland and Turkey continue in March, said (you switch to another service) Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson In the Aktuellt program of the Swedish public broadcasting company SVT on Wednesday.

However, the Prime Minister did not yet say which day in March the negotiations will continue.

– There is also a date. It’s not secret, but we’re waiting for confirmation, Kristersson said.

According to the Swedish Prime Minister, Turkey has confirmed the matter on Wednesday and the exact date will be confirmed soon.

Also the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Monday that talks would resume soon.

The NATO negotiations between the three countries have been frozen since the burning of the Koran in Stockholm at the end of January. Danish-Swedish far-right influencer Rasmus Paludan burned a Koran outside the Turkish embassy.

Turkey has previously hinted that it might only ratify Finland’s NATO application.

According to the Hungarian Parliament, the NATO membership of Finland and Sweden will be voted on at the beginning of March.

The matter appears in Parliament from the agenda published on Wednesday (you will switch to another service). The NATO membership of Finland and Sweden will be discussed in the parliament next week. After this, Finland’s and Sweden’s membership will be voted on separately in the period from 6th to 9th. March.

Sources: SVT, AFP, Reuters

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