Politico.eu: Turkey’s Erdoğan plays down Sweden’s NATO hopes
His remarks injected a chill into the growing optimism that Sweden could get the NATO green light soon.
Sweden has still not won Turkey’s support to join NATO ahead of the military alliance’s summit in Vilnius next month, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday — pouring cold water on rising hopes that a deal might be near.
“Sweden’s expectations don’t mean we’ll follow them,” Erdoğan said during a trip to Azerbaijan, according to Bloomberg and Turkish media, referring to Stockholm’s aspirations of becoming a NATO member before the alliance’s annual summit in July.
Erdoğan’s comments were conspicuously timed, coming just as senior officials from Turkey, Sweden and Finland met in Ankara to discuss Turkey’s concerns over Sweden’s NATO bid.
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WNU Editor: I expect Sweden will formally join NATO in the future. But not now or at NATO's big summit in Vilnius next month.
Turkey's Erdogan Says No Nato Membership For Sweden
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