NATO chief says 'time is now' for Turkey to ratify Finland and Sweden membership bids

NATO chief tells Turkey to ratify Sweden, Finland membership

Turkey, alongside Hungry, are the only countries who have yet ratify bids by the two Scandinavian countries, however Ankara said it is ready to accept Finland's bid - but not Sweden's.

Stoltenberg tells Turkey: “Now the time has come to ratify the entry of Finland and Sweden”

“Now the time has come for ratification of the accession of Finland and Sweden” into the NATO alliance, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who called for ratification of accession protocols by Finland and Sweden at a press conference in Ankara, where Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was also present. In addition, Turkey expressed its support for the entire Alliance following the devastating earthquakes, killing a total of ove…

NATO chief: 'Time has come' for Sweden, Finland to join despite Turkey concerns

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday he still wants to admit Finland and Sweden as new alliance members over continued objections from Turkey.

Turkey must ratify Finland, Sweden NATO bids, Stoltenberg says. ‘Time is now’ - National

Finland and Sweden applied to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year.

Nato chief says 'time is now' for Turkey to ratify Finland and Sweden membership bids

ANKARA, Feb 16 — Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said today the “time is now” for Turkey to ratify applications by Finland and Sweden to join the defence alliance. Stoltenberg was speaking at a joint news conference in Ankara with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock this week said she expects all Nato members to ratify the bids “without further delay”. Finland and Sweden applied to jo…

Nato urges Turkey to ratify Finland, Sweden accession bids swiftly

Ankara, Feb 16 (EFE).- Finland’s and Sweden’s swift accession to Nato is more important than whether both nations join at the same time, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday, amid objections from Turkey over the Swedish bid to join the military alliance. The two Nordic countries abandoned decades of military neutrality and applied for Nato membership last year in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “My position is th…