ISTANBUL — Sweden and Finland are unlikely to be able to join NATO before June, a senior Turkish official said Saturday. “It really depends on how fast they move and how wide and deep they move on these issues,” said Ibrahim Kalin, spokesman and foreign policy adviser for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “What they’re telling us is the new laws …
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Presidential spokesman says Sweden needs to fulfil requirements before May, when the polls in Turkey will take place. Turkish presidential spokesman says that Ankara is running out of time to ratify NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland before the general elections expected in May. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said on Saturday that Turkish ratification of the …
Turkey’s foreign minister described Swedish and Finnish support for Kurdish rebels as ‘unacceptable and outrageous’. Turkey’s foreign minister has described as “unacceptable and outrageous” the support that prospective new NATO members Sweden and Finland give to the PKK, a Kurdish rebel group designated a “terrorist” organisation by Ankara and its Western allies. “These are the issues that we need to …