Bloomberg узнал о требованиях Турции за прием Швеции и Финляндии в НАТО

BLOOMBERG learned about Turkey's demands for the admission of Sweden and Finland to NATO

In order to approve the inclusion of Sweden and Finland in NATO, Turkey demands, among other things, the return to the F-35 pilot training program and the lifting of sanctions for the purchase of Russian C-400s. Bloomberg reports this with reference to several Turkish high-ranking sources.

Another condition is the public denunciation of the Kurdish formations by these two countries and the recognition of the PKK as a terrorist organization. Ankara also demands that Sweden and Finland lift restrictions on the supply of weapons to it, which have been in effect since 2019 due to Turkey's operation in Syria.

The interlocutors of the agency explained that Turkey's official consent to the return of Greece to NATO in 1980 is now seen as a mistake that the Turkish leadership would not want to repeat with the Scandinavian countries (Turkey and Greece have disagreements over Cyprus).

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Finland and Sweden decided to join NATO after the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine. On May 17, countries filed formal applications.

NATO membership requires consideration of applications by the North Atlantic Council, NATO's main political governing body. After that, the agreement on the membership of countries in the alliance must be ratified at the national level in all 30 countries that are part of the military-political bloc.

On May 16, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara “cannot say yes” to Finland and Sweden joining NATO. He explained this by the fact that the countries declared their unwillingness to extradite "terrorists" to Turkey. TRT wrote that Sweden and Finland refused to extradite members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party and FETO, a movement that arose around the ideas of Turkish writer Fethullah Gülen, which Turkey considers involved in a 2016 coup attempt.

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Earlier, Erdogan also said that Ankara does not consider the possibility of Finland and Sweden joining NATO as a positive. He noted that the Scandinavian countries serve as a "guest house for terrorist organizations", referring to the Kurdistan Workers' Party. According to him, its members live in Sweden and the Netherlands and are members of parliaments.

In turn, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö noted that Erdogan's statements "confused" him, because he told him by phone that he would accept joining the alliance. He also announced his readiness to discuss membership issues with his Turkish counterpart.

In addition, the leader of the largest faction of the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, threatened Ankara with isolation if it impedes the admission of new NATO members. “Anyone who questions the unity of NATO will be isolated within the Commonwealth,” he said.

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Russia and Turkey signed a contract for the S-400 in December 2017. The first deliveries began in July 2019. The United States opposed Turkey's decision and excluded it from the F-35 supply program. The Pentagon feared that as a result, Russia could get the data needed to counter the F-35.

In December 2020, the United States also imposed sanctions against Turkey due to the purchase of the C-400 , prohibiting the issuance of licenses and EXPORT permits to the Turkish Defense Industry Authority (SSB), which concludes contracts for the purchase of military equipment.