Fico Warns Against Ukrainian NATO Membership
“Ukraine’s accession to NATO would be a good basis for a third world war,” the Slovakian prime minister said.
“Ukraine’s accession to NATO would be a good basis for a third world war,” the Slovakian prime minister said.
Erdoğan’s AKP relies on the support of the nationalist MHP for parliamentary majority, but the party is not happy with the president’s agreement with Stockholm, looking to vote against the ratification.
The Turkish Parliament will not come back from recess until the start of the autumn legislative session. In the meantime, Erdoğan noted, Sweden has some homework to do, having left conservatives out of the loop.
In contrast to the previous day, when NATO accession was denied to him, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed satisfaction with the new, multi-year pledges made by G7 countries. “The security guarantees are an important development as we move into NATO, this is very important,” he said.
Erdoğan’s decision represents yet another snub to Russian President Vladimir Putin and comes only a few days after he released Ukrainian prisoners to President Zelensky, breaking a prisoner-exchange agreement between Turkey, Ukraine, and Moscow.
Cluster bombs, Turkish objections to Swedish membership, and when and how to integrate Ukraine into the military alliance are dividing NATO leaders ahead of Tuesday’s crucial summit in Vilnius.
After months of court battles, anti-Islam protestors have burned yet another copy of the Quran in Stockholm, adding yet more tensions to Sweden’s bid to seek NATO approval from Turkey, whose Foreign Minister condemned the burning.
Bearing gifts and promises, Trudeau arrived unannounced in Kyiv to become the 20th NATO leader to officially support Ukraine’s NATO membership bid, “as soon as the conditions allow.”
The Turkish foreign minister’s remarks do not bode well for Sweden’s eventual accession into NATO.
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