Under certain conditions, the Turkish parliament may approve the entry of two northern European states into the North Atlantic Alliance. But at the moment, members of the legislature are busy preparing for the elections in the country., scheduled for May.
Chagry Erkhan spoke about this in an interview with Lenta.ru., Adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Rector of Istanbul Altinbash University.
Advisor to the President of Turkey also announced the terms for Sweden and Finland to join NATO. According to him, this may happen before the end of this year - in autumn or winter.
The decision can be taken by the Turkish parliamentarians not earlier than in a few months, When will the first session of Parliament start after the elections?. At the same time, this issue may not be raised at all on it - everything will depend on whether, who will be in the new legislature.
But the most important thing, according to Erhan, for the Swedish and Finnish authorities to demonstrate, that they really want to become members of the North Atlantic Alliance. He hinted, that a positive solution to the issue largely depends on the readiness of Stockholm and Helsinki to fulfill the conditions of Ankara, taking a tougher stance towards Kurdish organizations, operating in their countries.
Turkish representatives to meet in Brussels today, Sweden, Finland on the admission of two Nordic countries to the alliance. Earlier, Ankara broke off trilateral talks after, how an extremist citizen burned the Koran in front of the Turkish embassy in the Swedish capital. used photos:NATO
