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Turkey Delivers Massive Blow to Putin's Hopes of Blocking NATO Expansion
Jon Jackson - Yesterday 5:43 PM
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© Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty ImagesTurkey dealt a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin's desire to keep NATO from expanding when it agree to a deal that will allow Sweden and Finland to proceed with its application to join the alliance. In this photo, Putin is seen during a meeting with members of the Security Council via a teleconference call in Moscow on June 22, 2022.
NATO on Tuesday announced that Turkey has agreed to a deal that clears the way for Finland and Sweden to join the international alliance. The move dealt a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has cited the possibility of NATO expansion as one of the justifications for his war in Ukraine.
Turkey had previously said it would block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO, citing security concerns over accusations that the two countries harbored members of the separatist Kurdistan's Workers Party, which is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey. Sweden and Finland would have been prevented from joining if Turkey objected because consensus is needed by NATO's 30 members for a country to join, and any one member can veto new candidates.
NATO's announcement said President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye (Turkey) had met with President Sauli Niinistö of Finland and Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of Sweden under the auspices of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a NATO summit in Madrid on Tuesday. The three leaders agreed to a memorandum that addressed Turkey's security concerns, which was signed by the foreign ministers of the three countries.
The move "sends a very clear message to President Putin that NATO's door is open," Stoltenberg told reporters at the Madrid summit, according to
Bloomberg.
"He wanted less NATO, now President Putin is getting more NATO, on his borders. So what he gets is the opposite of what he actually demanded."