BRUSSELS — Turkey has promised Sweden it is going to ratify its bid to affix NATO ”inside weeks,” Swedish International Minister Tobias Billström stated Wednesday.
Referring to his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, with whom he spoke on Tuesday, Billström stated: ”He instructed me that he anticipated the ratification to happen inside weeks. And naturally, we don’t take something with no consideration from the facet of Sweden, however we look ahead to this being accomplished.”
The Turkish parliament’s international affairs fee lately abruptly postponed a session to vote on Sweden’s accession bid.
In accordance with Billström, the highest Turkish envoy did not put ahead any new circumstances within the dialog. ”There have been no new calls for from the Turkish authorities, so we glance [at] our half as being fulfilled,” he instructed reporters on the NATO international ministerial assembly.
Other than Turkey, Hungary has additionally not ratified Sweden’s membership standing within the alliance.