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NATO headquarters building in Brussels. Archival photoANKARA, June 15Turkey received a document from Sweden in connection with Ankara's expectations for NATO membership, it is far from the subject of discussion, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.Finland and Sweden against the backdrop of events in Ukraine On May 18, applications for membership in the alliance were submitted to the NATO Secretary General. 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, because it cannot believe their assurances about relations with representatives of the PKK, banned in Turkey.Turkey refused to negotiate with Finland and Sweden, the media reported»The Prime Minister of Sweden sent the relevant document both to NATO and to us. But it is far from the subject of discussion, the conditions we have outlined, concerns. We we are not waiting for any document, but a written response to our concerns. The ball is on their side,» Cavusoglu said at a press conference with the Foreign Ministers of Ireland and Norway in Ankara. Moscow has repeatedly noted that the alliance is aimed at confrontation. As the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov emphasized, further expansion of the bloc will not bring greater security to Europe. At the same time, he does not consider the entry of Sweden and Finland into this organization an existential threat to Russia. Vladimir Putin himself noted that abandoning the traditional policy of Helsinki's military neutrality would be erroneous, since there are no threats to Finland. on the reassessment of the terms for Finland and Sweden to join NATO