It must be said that Finland and Sweden are "lucky" because before this, Ukraine had also expressed its desire to join NATO, but was rejected by NATO.

Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russia has faced sanctions and "denunciation" from NATO and European countries. As this conflict develops to this day, we still know that the trigger for the conflict is NATO's continuous expansion.

Seeing that NATO was about to expand its sphere of influence to Russia's "doorstep", Russia immediately responded, which led to the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war.

However, what is NATO doing today when the war has not yet subsided? We are considering whether the applications of Finland and Sweden to join NATO should be approved.

I have to say that Finland and Sweden are "lucky" because before this, Ukraine also expressed its desire to join NATO, but was rejected by NATO.

Today, Ukraine has shifted its goal of "uniting for warmth" to EU , while Finland and Sweden are still "working hard" to join NATO.

However, while Finland and Sweden continued to "make efforts" to move closer to NATO, Turkey, one of the NATO member states, took the lead in opposing it. This means that Finland and Sweden, which submitted applications to NATO last month, have not yet been able to join NATO.

However, the international situation is always unpredictable. According to " Global Times ", the Turkish President changed his attitude towards Finland and Sweden joining NATO after attending a meeting with the President of Finland, the Prime Minister of Sweden and the Secretary-General of NATO.

Although the media did not report Turkish President Erdogan’s speech on this matter, judging from the excitement of the Swedish Prime Minister and the Secretary-General of NATO after the meeting, the “biggest obstacle” faced by Finland and Sweden in joining NATO has been” was eliminated".

Swedish Prime Minister Andersson told the media after the "Four-Party Meeting": Turkish President Erdogan has reached an agreement with Sweden and Finland on their joining NATO.

NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg also happily told the media after the meeting: This will truly strengthen our presence in this region.

It seems that it is only a matter of time before Sweden and Finland join NATO. Previously, except for Turkey, NATO member states did not express opposition to the two countries joining NATO, and now no country will "block" their joining NATO.

Looking back on the 27th of this month, Turkish President Erdogan told the media after the cabinet meeting: Don’t expect Turkey to change its position on Finland and Sweden joining NATO, because the domestic support for terrorist organizations " Kurdish" exists in these two countries. Issues such as "Workers Party " and restrictions on Turkey's arms exports have not yet been resolved.

Therefore, Turkish President Erdogan has always opposed the two countries' joining NATO on this basis. Prior to this, the Turkish government also stated that it would expose the true face of Sweden and Finland for "harboring" terrorist organizations and providing financial support to these terrorist organizations by releasing documents, videos, etc.

If it were not for the "Quartet Meeting" on the evening of the 28th of this month, perhaps Turkey would insist on opposing Sweden and Finland's joining NATO. But just one night later, the situation changed dramatically. Turkey no longer insisted on its opposition position. At the upcoming NATO summit, NATO member states will discuss again whether to agree to the membership of Sweden and Finland.

Judging from Stoltenberg’s statement to the media, it seems that Sweden and Finland will join NATO.

Why did the Turkish President suddenly “change his tune”?

In the final analysis, the agreement signed by the Turkish President, Sweden and Finland at the meeting played a role.

According to the Global Times, Turkey, Sweden, and Finland signed an agreement at this meeting, which some media called a "memorandum."

Stoltenberg revealed the content of the agreement to the media. He said: Finland and Sweden promised Turkey that they will fully respond to the crackdown on terrorist organizations that threaten Turkey's security.

When talking about this topic, Stoltenberg also mentioned the Kurdish workers’ armed forces. He said that this will be the key target of Turkey and Sweden.After Turkey's request for the extradition of terrorist suspects, Sweden and Finland will respond quickly.

Moreover, Stoltenberg also said: Sweden and Finland will lift restrictions on arms exports to Turkey.

In this way, the "conflicts" between Turkey and Sweden and Finland previously revealed by the Turkish President can be resolved. Therefore, Erdogan readily changed his attitude after signing the agreement and acquiesced. Sweden and Finland joined NATO.

As for when these two countries can be officially invited to join NATO, it depends on the next NATO summit. However, judging from the current situation, the signing of the agreement by Turkey, Sweden and Finland is not good news for Russia.