2023-06-30 14:20:55
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As if he was conscious of Turkiye holding the hilt of NATO… “Hungary confirms that it will not delay accession”
Swedish Prime Minister Wolf Kristersson said on the 30th (local time) that “what is legal is not always appropriate” in relation to the “Burn the Quran” protests in Turkey. At a joint press conference at the EU summit held in Brussels, Belgium, on the followingnoon of the same day, when asked regarding his country’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Prime Minister Kristersson responded, “We live under different security policy concepts, so we are not interested in each other. We have to show respect,” he said.
It is interpreted as implying that he understands the opposition of Turkey in relation to the burning of the Quran, an Islamic scripture, held in the country two days ago.
Prime Minister Kristersson said, “We are in constant contact with Turkiye,” and “I do not want to comment in detail at this time because there is a high-level meeting next week.” Sweden is set to hold a high-level meeting with Turkiye next week through NATO mediation, but it has been predicted that the meeting will not produce much results due to this protest.
Following Turkey’s opposition, there are reports that the Hungarian parliament also decided to postpone the ratification of Sweden’s accession, and there are observations that the plan to join as a member state itself until the NATO summit on the 11th of next month may be canceled.
However, Prime Minister Kristersson said that he spoke with Hungarian Prime Minister Orban Viktor on the occasion of the EU summit the day before, saying, “Prime Minister Orban confirmed that Hungary will not delay ratifying Sweden’s accession. Emphasized.
Sweden, along with Finland, applied for NATO membership in May of last year as security concerns escalated due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Unlike Finland, Sweden has yet to join the brakes on Turkey and Hungary. Under NATO rules, in order to become a full member, all members must ratify their accession in their respective parliaments.
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