NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. File photoBRUSSELS, Jun 1NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that he is convening a meeting in Brussels in the coming days of high-ranking representatives of Turkey, Sweden and Finland on the issue of enlargement. «We must take into account the security concerns of all allies in the alliance … To this end, I am convening a meeting in Brussels of high-ranking representatives of the three countries in the coming days,» he said at a joint press conference in Washington with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.Finland is ready to pay dearly for joining NATO» We are in close contact with Turkey, which is the most important member of the alliance, as well as with the countries that applied for membership — Finland and Sweden. I will meet with senior representatives in the coming days, then I will continue to follow behind this question to make sure there is progress on the issue of Finland and Sweden's NATO bids. I would like to achieve this before the summit, but I understand that in order to make progress, the consent of all 30 members is necessary,» he said. According to him, NATO takes Turkey's concerns seriously, including on the issue of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party in the country. Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that NATO Secretary General proposed to hold a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Finland and Sweden, Ankara is waiting for an answer on their terms, presented to these countries for their membership in NATO. Finland and Sweden, against the backdrop of the events in Ukraine on May 18, handed over to the NATO Secretary General applications for membership in the alliance. Turkey has blocked the start of the process of consideration of these applications. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara cannot say «yes» to Finland and Sweden's membership in NATO, as it cannot believe their assurances about relations with representatives of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey.
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