The discussion of Sweden joining NATO resumed in the Turkish Parliament

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, a few days after the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accepted Sweden into the NATO alliance with the US agreeing to Turkey’s request to purchase fighter jets. F-16″ related, the Foreign Relations Committee of the Turkish Parliament prepared on Tuesday to resume negotiations on Sweden’s request to join NATO.

According to the report “Associated Press” Foreign Relations Committee The Turkish Parliament started discussing Sweden’s membership in NATO last month. However, the meeting was postponed after lawmakers from Erdogan’s ruling party proposed a postponement.

Turkey accuses Sweden of overriding Ankara’s security concerns It does not take seriously the fight against Kurdish militias and other groups that Ankara considers to be a security threat. The President of Turkey said that Canada and other NATO allies should impose arms embargoes. cancel the sanctions imposed on Ankara.

The White House has supported the request to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, but Congress strongly opposes this issue.

Finland joined the Western military alliance in April and became the 31st member of NATO.

A Turkish newspaper quoted a senior source in the White House as saying that the United States is waiting for the approval of Sweden’s NATO membership protocol by the Turkish parliament before starting to take steps to sell the F-16 to Ankara.

“Hurrit” newspaper quoted a senior source in the White House and wrote that the US is waiting for the approval of Sweden’s NATO membership protocol by the Turkish Parliament before starting to take steps to sell the F-16 to Ankara.

In this report, it is stated that one of the options is that the US State Department will discuss the sale of these Fighters should send an official notification to the Congress of this country

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