Vienna, (EFE).- The Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, has insisted today that her country’s entry into NATO should be at the same time as that of Sweden, despite the fact that Turkey insists on separating both candidacies as it understands that the Swedish government has not met their demands to lift the veto.
Marin assured that it is in the interest of the two countries and of NATO that access occurs at the same time.
“We have made it very clear that we want to enter NATO together,” said the head of the Finnish government in Vienna, where she met with the Austrian chancellor, the conservative Karl Nehammer, according to the APA agency.
Turkey considers that the two countries, especially Sweden, give refuge to people and organizations that it considers terrorists, and demands extraditions of those accused by the Turkish Justice.
The Turkish government opposes the entry of Sweden, especially since a Swedish-Danish ultra-rightist burned a copy of the Koran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on January 21.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu insisted yesterday that Finland’s candidacy “can be evaluated separately from Sweden’s”.
“We always say that we don’t have big problems with Finland. We are not against enlargement. We want NATO to become stronger and our work will continue,” she stated.
Marin and Nehammer discussed today the war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, before which Marin insisted on continuing to support the attacked country.
“If (Russian President Vladimir) Putin wins the war, no one will be safe, neither in Europe nor in the world,” said the Social Democratic leader.
