Secretary General Stoltenberg Pressuring Turkey’s Erdogan to Quickly Ratify Sweden’s Ascension to NATO – Biden Using F-16 Fighter Sales as Leverage
Sweden’s derailed ascension to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) may be back on track, after widespread pressure on Turkey, one of the two NATO countries yet to ratify the Scandinavian country’s bid – the other is Hungary.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is pressing Turkey to fulfill their promise and quickly ratify Sweden’s membership in the military organization.
It comes three months after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to help the process in the Turkish parliament, who reconvened in early October.
All 31 NATO allies must endorse Sweden’s membership, and so far, Turkey and Hungary have failed to do so.
Erdogan said he was withholding Sweden’s ratification because it is too soft on Kurdish militants and other security threats.
