Türkiye, Sweden, Finland to hold meeting on NATO accession

By Agnes Szucs

BRUSSELS (AA) – Türkiye, Finland and Sweden will hold a meeting to discuss the NATO accession of the two Nordic countries in March, the alliance chief announced on Friday.

Jens Stoltenberg spoke at a joint press conference with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and President of the European Commission von der Leyen in Tallinn, Estonia.

Stoltenberg said he “had good discussions with President (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan” during his visit to Ankara last week.

“We agreed to restart the talks and to convene a trilateral meeting between Finland, Sweden and Türkiye at NATO headquarters in mid-March under my auspices,” he explained.

The parties will discuss “how to complete the accession process” of both the states.

Stoltenberg also welcomed that the Hungarian parliament will begin the process to ratify the accession protocol of the two countries next week.