UN | Erdoğan, who scolded Finland and Sweden, will soon speak at the UN General Assembly, President Niinistö’s turn in the evening – Live broadcast underway

of the UN the General Assembly’s high-level week began in New York today, Tuesday.

The president of the Republic Sauli Niinistö will give Finland’s national address at the meeting, probably after 19:00 Finnish time. HS will show the live broadcast of the meeting’s speeches by the Reuters news agency, which are scheduled to start at around 4 p.m. The representatives’ speeches will be partly simultaneously interpreted in English.

Tuesday after 6 p.m., it’s also the president of Turkey’s turn Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. What makes the speech interesting for Finns is that NATO country Turkey has been considered to be delaying the ratification of the membership of Sweden and Finland.

The membership of Finland and Sweden has already been ratified by 27 of the 30 NATO member countries.

On Monday, Erdoğan commented in an interview with the American PBS that Sweden is the cradle of terrorism.

Read more: Turkish President Erdoğan: Sweden is the cradle of terrorism, Finland is a different case

However, according to him, Finland is not a similar case.

“Finns are a little more calm. They have the situation under better control,” Erdoğan told PBS.

He stated that the Turkish Parliament has the final decision-making power in the matter.

of the UN during the high-level week, the heads of state and ministers and other participants in the meeting will discuss, among other things, the global effects of Russia’s war of aggression, such as the food and energy crises.

Today, President Niinistö will also participate in the high-level event of the Christchurch appeal against terrorism and extremism, convened by the French president Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern.

In addition, Niinistö will give a video speech at a high-level event preparing for the UN Conference on Biodiversity (COP-15).