The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, assured the press that it is absolutely possible that Sweden will be a member of the new full member of the Alliance by the time the summit of allied leaders is held in Vilnius, in Lithuania. . With this next meeting on July 11 and 12, the two new vacancies in the organization would be completed.
Despite the enthusiasm that may exist for the new vacancy within the signatory countries of the North Atlantic Treaty, the secretary admitted that there are no guarantees that it will happen because Turkey and Hungary, Russia’s commercial allies, have not yet accepted the Sweden’s inclusion in NATO. The treaty establishes that for a country to be part of the organization, all the member countries must agree.
Although the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, declared last Monday that there are no reasons for Turkey and Hungary to delay their verdict on Sweden’s entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). “There are no guarantees, but it is absolutely possible to reach a solution and make the decision on Sweden’s full membership possible for the Vilnius summit,” Stoltenberg declared.
Hungary and Turkey allege that the Swedish authorities are not doing enough to extradite dissidents with asylum in the Scandinavian country whom Turkey accuses of terrorism. In addition, the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre, considered that the six weeks remaining before the summit in Lithuania is an absolutely sufficient period, to verify that Sweden can enter NATO.
For his part, Secretary Blinken was sympathetic to the security concerns expressed, especially by Turkey, given the new admissions and its proximity to Russia, but stressed that both Finland and Sweden have taken important steps and concrete actions to dispel any doubts in the face of its integration into the North Atlantic Treaty.
With EFE information
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