Finland and Sweden formally submitted their written applications to join NATO at its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday
NATO's secretary-general held a ceremony to welcome the two countries, followed by a closed-door meeting of NATO ambassadors
Surprisingly, it was noted that the meeting failed to reach a consensus to start negotiations on full membership for Switzerland and Switzerland
In addition to Turkey, which had previously raised strong objections, Croatia also joined the opposition, Croatian President Milanovic said Wednesday
He ordered the country's permanent representative to NATO to block the treaty, saying NATO should not take a dangerous gamble that would change the security landscape in Europe at this time
He's seen NATO expand all his life and enough is enough, Milanovic has said before
Unless the electoral law in Bosnia and Herzegovina accommodates the Bosnian Croat group and the law is fairly amended
Otherwise the Croatian parliament will not allow any country to join NATO and Radio France Internationale says Turkey is the real jewel
It is because Turkey's attitude is hardening with the progress of the accession process.
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto also said that he received assurances from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call a month ago
He said he supported Finland's bid to join NATO but Turkey's attitude has changed completely in recent days
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Default is the principle of unanimity so in this case every member state has to say yes every member state has to say yes
Well, the well, the Nordic countries are Finland and Sweden and it actually has a long history
Turkey does the opposite so Turkey is taking advantage of one of these
The Sputnik news agency reported that Turkey would make 10 conditions for joining the Switzerland treaty
The News agency cited three unnamed Turkish government officials as saying that in addition to calling for Fenrey to publicly denounce the anti-Turkish government giant ship movement,
which has led to a series of U.S. and Western sanctions over its purchase of the S400 from Russia, must end
Including the EU's restrictions on arms exports to Turkey and the US kicking Turkey out of the F-35 fighter program and refusing to refund it
Turkey also wants to buy dozens of U.S. -made F-16 fighter jets and upgrade existing ones
Secretary of State Blinken met with Turkish Foreign Minister Olu in Washington Wednesday afternoon, olu said
The meeting was very positive and Lincoln has assured him that Washington will deliver the necessary messages to address Turkey's concerns
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made a compromise after a meeting of ambassadors on Wednesday failed to produce effective results he said
All of these issues raised by Turkey can be addressed as Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Anders Andersson visit the U.S. on Thursday in an effort to speed up the process
The Washington Post notes that the move by the two countries has broken the Nordic diplomatic and defense order for decades
Having abandoned military neutrality and met resistance, the two countries looked to the United States, NATO's leader, for strong support
So now there's a shift towards neutrality and there's a kind of public opinion direction and a kind of social direction where people think oh this American leadership this system might be more reasonable
Then, from the United States This is a very big gains Then the second big earnings are on the geopolitical gains
in the past the United States is hard to step in Especially in the northern region is notably Russia the northern region But Sweden and the Finland has a special this is close to the North Pole Is itself has almost in a circle at the corresponding level
And for NATO to be able to put more pressure on Russia in this direction it actually has a very big push
In a statement Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden expressed strong support for Finland and Sweden's bid to join NATO
Calling it a historic application, Biden also pledged to work with both countries in their application process to remain vigilant against any threats to common security
That package of three fann that provides military protection to both countries is out of that fundamental sleep
A reporter asked if he was confident Turkey could be persuaded to drop its attempt to block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO
Biden says it's not a problem. Radio France Internationale asks why Finland and Sweden can join NATO but Not Ukraine
Despite strong opposition from France and Germany, the United States is also lukewarm on Ukraine's accession to the TREATY
Analysts say the russia-Ukraine conflict has not stopped since 2014 and NATO's door to Ukraine looks ajar
But the reality is that Ukraine can't knock on that door because if NATO were to admit Ukraine it would mean declaring war on Russia
While Switzerland is currently at peace with The Russian side but accidentally used for Ukraine to set a rapid entry procedures to lock the door was immediately opened
Unlike the eastern European countries that have joined the TREATY before, which have weaker militaries and are more sophisticated, there may be a demonstration effect to attract more countries to join
Is Ukraine still a soldier? It's not a state of peace. It's doing all these things
In fact, this kind of intensifies the fighters and also intensifies the tension between Russia and the United States and the West
It is the ostensible form of the confrontation but formally the two sides are not completely at war
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