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The Swedish parliament on March 22 Hungary and Turkey despite the delays by the country NATOhas accepted the decision to join
This decision, which paved the way for the country’s Northern Alliance, was adopted by the ratio of 269 votes in favor and 37 votes against in the 349-seat Riksdag. 43 MPs did not participate in the voting.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Tobias Billström said on this occasion:
“NATO membership is the best way to contribute to Sweden’s security and the security of the Euro-Atlantic area.
The Scandinavian countries, Sweden and Finland, which have been pursuing a neutral policy for decades, immediately after Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked aggression against Ukraine NATO applied for membership.
However, Sweden’s membership process is being delayed due to the comments of NATO member Turkey.
Ankara accuses Stockholm of providing shelter to individuals and groups it considers terrorists.
Turkey before that, he expressed the same remarks about Finland’s NATO membership.
However, Ankara later announced that Finland’s membership documents would be ratified soon.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan He said that Sweden will “have to wait a little longer”.
Another country blocking Sweden’s NATO membership is Hungary, a member of the Northern Alliance.
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban He is unhappy that Swedish politicians criticize the state of democracy in his country.
Budapest has said that Finland’s accession documents will be submitted for ratification on March 27, but that Sweden’s application will be considered “at a later date”.
In the Swedish parliament, the Left Party and the Green Party came out against the country’s NATO membership.