Ankara has caused confusion among its partners by demanding new security guarantees and the lifting of trade restrictions weighing on its defense industry.
Unanimity being necessary for the adhesion of Stockholm and Helsinki, this diplomatic obstacle makes fear a delay in the negotiations.
And increasing during this sensitive period, the vulnerability of the two Nordic candidates to the Russian threat.
“We are going to appease the concerns so that the procedure does not accumulate delays”
, tried to reassure the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg.
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Between Turkey and its NATO allies, a deep crisis of confidence
Aware of
the "historic opportunity"
that the future union of all the Nordic countries will represent under the umbrella of the Western Alliance, the allies do not want to lose the political momentum they believe they will benefit from in the showdown with Moscow.
“If both want to join, none of the Thirty can oppose it”
, declared the head of Luxembourg diplomacy, Jean Asselborn, in an update…
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