The Vilnius Summit, which was proposed and accepted on 9 November 2022, will be held on 11 and 12 July. The eyes and ears of the world are locked on the steps that Turkey will take about Sweden at the Vilnius Summit. After President Erdoğan’s meeting with US President Biden, evaluations were made about the meeting in the world press. Erdogan’s Swedish response to Biden took its place in the headlines of many foreign news agencies.
As a result of Sweden’s inability to distance itself from terrorism and its constant islamophobic provocative actions, it did not receive the green light from Turkey for NATO membership.
It is a matter of curiosity what will be the Swedish attitude of Turkey at the Vilnius Summit, due to the ambivalent statements made on the Swedish side and the concrete steps that could not be taken regarding terrorism.
The President of the USA continues to work at full speed on Sweden’s NATO membership due to the threat of Russia. In this perspective, Biden and President Erdogan held a telephone conversation.
After the meeting, which was announced by international media organizations with the ‘urgent’ code, many news agencies carried the development to their headlines.
“ERDOĞAN WARNED BIDEN”
Politico, a US-based journalism organization specializing in politics, reported that Erdogan told Biden that Sweden was not ready for NATO yet.
“USA SEEKING A DEAL”
Before the Vilnius Summit, Bloomberg newspaper announced on the subject of Sweden’s NATO membership with the headline, “Biden and Erdogan Speak as the USA Seeks an Agreement on Sweden’s NATO Goal”, and said, “Turkey postponed the approval of Sweden’s membership application.” made statements.
SWEDEN’S LAST REMEDY
The agenda of the UK-based The Guardian newspaper, “NATO: The Swedish Prime Minister will meet with Turkish President Erdogan as a last resort to sign membership.” announced to its readers.
SUPPORT FROM BIDEN TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF SWEDEN
Voice of America newspaper, on the other hand, appeared before its readers with the headline “Biden announced his support for Sweden’s membership”.
On the other hand, the White House said in a statement on Sunday that in a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, where they discussed Sweden’s goal of becoming a member of the Western alliance, he expressed his desire to see Sweden join NATO as soon as possible. He said he did.” statements were included.
‘SWEDEN BARGAIN’ HEADLINE FROM GREEK NEWSPAPER
The Greek-based daily Ethnos headlined “Erdogan-USA’s tough bargain for F16 and Sweden to join NATO” about the Swedish bargain between Erdogan and NATO.
“NATO lobbies are working hard to persuade Recep Tayyip Erdogan to say yes to Sweden’s membership,” Ethnos said in its report.
SWEDEN’S ADMISSION
Reuters presented the phone call between President Erdogan and US President Biden with the headline “Biden expressed his support for Sweden’s NATO goal in his phone call with Erdogan”.
“The White House said on Sunday that it wanted to see Sweden join NATO “as soon as possible,” in a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, where they discussed Sweden’s bid to become a member of the Western alliance. He said he meant it.” statements were included.
“PRIME MINISTER OF SWEDEN WANTS SUPPORT FROM TURKEY”
French broadcaster France 24, in the news it shared with the headline “Swedish Prime Minister asks Turkey for NATO membership in pre-summit negotiations”, said, “The Swedish prime minister announced on Monday as a last attempt to close the diplomatic deadlock over the blocked NATO membership goal of the Scandinavian state, as a last attempt by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He will meet with Tayyip Erdogan.” made statements.