The leaders of Turkey, Sweden and Finland meet in Madrid under the gaze of Stoltenberg

June 28. () –

The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Prime Minister of Sweden, Magdalena Andersson, and the President of Finland, Saulio Niinisto, met this Tuesday afternoon in Madrid to try to iron out any rough edges on the accession of the two Nordic countries to NATO.

The secretary general of the Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, has also participated in this long-awaited meeting, which has also had the presence of foreign ministers and of which no details have emerged for now, beyond a few official images.

“Integration into NATO implies responsibilities,” Erdogan pointed out before leaving for Madrid, in a statement to the media in Ankara reported by the official Anatolia news agency. The Turkish president expects from Sweden and Finland “concrete” measures and not “empty words”.

In this sense, he pointed out that the two Nordic countries must take into account the complaints of Turkey, which recriminates the Swedes and Finns for their alleged collusion with organizations such as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Popular Protection Units (YPG). ).

Erdogan, who this Wednesday also plans to meet with the president of the United States, Joe Biden, keeps ‘de facto’ blocked the opening of accession negotiations for Sweden and Finland, who presented their formal applications for entry to the Atlantic Alliance.