NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg . File photo BRUSSELS, May 21. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan the applications for membership in the alliance of Finland and Sweden, which Ankara objects to.» doors of the alliance, as well as applications for membership of Finland and Sweden. We agreed that it is necessary to take into account the security concerns of all members of the alliance and continue negotiations to find a solution,» Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter. Earlier, the Financial Times wrote that Turkey blocked start of the process of consideration of the application for accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO. Erdogan said that Ankara cannot say «yes» to the membership of Finland and Sweden in NATO, because it cannot believe their assurances about relations with representatives of the Kurdistan Workers' Party banned in Turkey. If Turkey agrees, NATO, according to Erdogan, «will not be a security organization, but will become a place where there will be many representatives of terrorists.» Countries cannot be accepted into the alliance without the unanimous approval of all its members.
Erdogan forces Finland and Sweden to public humiliation
