Hello and welcome to the details of Erdogan says he will try to facilitate Sweden’s NATO bid ratification and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan attends the Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States in Astana, Kazakhstan, November 3, 2023. — Reuters pic
ANKARA, Nov 4 — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would try to facilitate the parliamentary ratification of Sweden’s Nato membership as much as possible, but added that Stockhom had still not taken sufficient action on Kurdish militants.
Erdogan submitted a bill approving Sweden’s Nato membership bid to parliament for ratification last month, a move welcomed by the alliance and Stockholm. Turkey had initially raised objections due to what it said was Sweden’s harbouring of groups it deems terrorist.
Speaking to reporters on a return flight from Kazakhstan yesterday, Erdogan said Stockholm had taken some steps regarding protests organised by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and also concerning arms embargoes on Turkey, but not on the activities of the PKK in Sweden.
“Our duty was to submit this to parliament in the first stage, we did that,” broadcaster Haberturk quoted him on Saturday as having told the reporters on his plane.
Advertisement
Erdogan also said planned talks in parliament about Turkey’s 2024 state budget would now take priority, suggesting that the approval of Sweden’s Nato membership might not be rapid.
“But we will try to facilitate the work (on ratifying Sweden’s Nato bid) as much as possible. We will try to show positive efforts as much as we can at this point, so long as our counterparts approach us positively.”
The bill must be approved by parliament’s foreign affairs committee before a vote by the full general assembly. Erdogan would then sign it into law.
Advertisement
Long-neutral Sweden and Finland applied to join Nato last year to bolster their security after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Finland’s membership was sealed in April, but Sweden’s bid had been held up by Turkey and Hungary. — Reuters
These were the details of the news Erdogan says he will try to facilitate Sweden’s NATO bid ratification for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
