Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu . File photo UN, May 18 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he had a «good meeting» with his US counterpart Anthony Blinken. «We had a good meeting,» he told reporters.
The Pentagon did not confirm Turkey's conditions on Finland and Sweden The meeting between Cavusoglu and Blinken took place amid news that Ankara blocked Sweden and Finland's NATO bids .Previously, there were publications that Turkey, for approving the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO, demands that European countries lift restrictions on the export of weapons, include it in the program for the supply of the latest F-35 fighters, and lift US sanctions for the purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Ankara cannot say yes to Finland and Sweden's membership in NATO because it cannot believe their assurances about relations with representatives of the banned Worker her to the Kurdistan Party. If Turkey agrees, NATO, according to Erdogan, «will not be a security organization, but will become a place where there will be many representatives of terrorists.» believe that Turkey will approve the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO
