NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that he was 'completely confident' that Sweden would join the military alliance, days after the re-election of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has blocked the country's application.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that he was "completely confident" that Sweden would join the military alliance, days after the re-election of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has blocked the country's application.
“I am completely confident that Sweden will become a full member of NATO,” Stoltenberg said in Oslo during an informal meeting of NATO’s foreign ministers on Wednesday and Thursday. “We will be in close contact with Ankara and President Erdogan to help this process move forward as quickly as possible”, Stoltenberg told reporters after Tuesday’s discussion.
“I have been of the opinion since last autumn that Sweden should already have been admitted by ratification, and I am still of that opinion, but when 31 countries have to agree, it probably takes a little longer than I would like, so we are working on it”, Stoltenberg said.
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