NATO military. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 29th. NATO finds itself in an awkward position in preparation for a major military exercise in Sweden due to the invitation of the Turkish military, Greek army veteran Stavros Atlamazoglou wrote in an article for 19Fortyfive.
«The involvement of Turkish forces will inevitably create embarrassing moments in maneuvers,» the observer noted. 
Stoltenberg called the condition for the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATOThe author noted that Sweden was not accidentally chosen as the venue for the maneuvers, since the country, together with Finland, intends to join into the alliance, and Ankara became the only member of the bloc that vetoed their accession to the transatlantic military alliance.
From 5 to 17 June, a major NATO military exercise called Baltic Operations 22 will be held in Sweden. Participation in the event military personnel from 14 member countries of the alliance will be received, and representatives of two partner states: Finland and Sweden will also join them. Turkey has blocked the start of the process of consideration of these applications. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara will not support the applications of Helsinki and Stockholm to NATO, because it cannot rely on their assurances regarding the PKK banned in Turkey. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the country «needs a written agreement» with Sweden and Finland «on a concrete step» by these countries to stop their support for terrorism. » />Trump threatened NATO allies not to help them in case of conflict with Russia