Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. File photo ANKARA, May 20. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that he is scheduled to have telephone conversations with Finland on Saturday regarding the country's membership in NATO. «Today I had talks with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Tomorrow there will be talks with Great Britain, Finland,» he told reporters.
Foreign Ministry: Sweden and Finland joining NATO will change cooperation in the ArcticAccording to Erdogan, he talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg are also scheduled in the near future. «We will continue our «telephone diplomacy» with NATO members, but the position on the membership of Sweden and Finland is clear,» the Turkish leader said. joining the alliance. Turkey later stated that it could not say «yes» to these countries joining NATO because of their approaches to the Kurdish issue. President Joe Biden has no plans at this stage to engage with his Turkish counterpart, Tayyip Erdogan, in light of Ankara's concerns over NATO expansion, Jake Sullivan, the US leader's national security adviser, said.
The Pentagon has not made a decision to send US troops to Finland and Sweden
