NATO headquarters building in Brussels. File photoMOSCOW, May 14.Turkey does not close the door for Sweden and Finland to join NATO, Ibrahim Kalin, spokesman and chief adviser to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, said.Turkey is following the process around Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO and cannot look at it positively yet, President Tayyip Erdogan said earlier. we do not close the door. But in essence, we are raising this issue as a matter of Turkey's national security,» Reuters quoted Kalyn as saying. Finland and Sweden started talking about the possibility of abandoning long-term neutrality and joining NATO against the backdrop of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. The head of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, noted that the alliance would be glad to see Finland and Sweden in its ranks and provide them with the opportunity to quickly join. NATO expects these countries to make their own decisions about possible membership in the coming «months and weeks,» US Permanent Representative to NATO Julianne Smith said. She added that the United States would welcome the accession of these countries to the alliance. Russia has repeatedly noted that NATO is aimed at confrontation. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stated that further expansion of the alliance would not bring greater security to Europe, NATO has an aggressive character. At the same time, he noted that he does not consider the possible entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO an existential threat to Russia. NATO
