Finnish President Sauli Niiniste said the country is unlikely to be able to join the North Atlantic Alliance before September due to Turkey’s position.
Niinist made this statement at a press conference with the head of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola on June 21 in Helsinki.
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How did the negotiations with Turkey go?
Niinistö said that following the results of yesterday’s meeting of representatives of Finland, Sweden and Turkey, held at NATO headquarters in Brussels, little progress had been achieved.
But we are already pleased that the discussion has begun, – said the President of Finland.
According to him, it is unlikely that Finland will be able to join NATO before September.
Niiniste noted that organizing the negotiations took a lot of time and that the meeting itself was already progress.
We agreed that meetings will continuehe concluded.
Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that yesterday’s negotiations in Helsinki, Stockholm and Ankara were constructive.
The alliance’s secretary general called Ankara’s concerns about terrorism legitimate.
