NATO | According to NATO’s Stoltenberg, Monday’s talks with Finland were “constructive”, Turkey says Madrid meeting is not the limit

Turkey spokesman for the president İbrahim Kalınin According to him, discussions between Turkey, Finland and Sweden on Finland’s and Sweden’s membership in NATO are continuing, but NATO’s summit in Madrid next week is not the limit.

Kalın commented on the news agency Reuters on Monday after discussions between the countries in Brussels.

According to Kalın, Turkey expects Sweden in particular to take immediate action on the activities of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the country, and that the progress of Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership talks “now depends on the direction and speed with which these countries take action”.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg described Monday’s discussions as “constructive”.

“We will continue our discussions on Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO applications, and I hope we will find a solution as soon as possible,” Stoltenberg told AFP.

On Monday, Finland and Sweden held talks with Turkey on their NATO membership, hosted by the NATO Secretariat in Brussels.

Foreign minister Pekka Haaviston (Green) said that the negotiations covered Turkey’s demands for NATO membership in Finland and Sweden.

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“Terrorism, arms exports and deportations have been the three question marks that Turkey has had in connection with Finland’s NATO membership,” Haavisto said of the content of the talks.