In response, a statement from Turkish President Erdogan’s office stated that Turkey “got what it wanted.”
Previously, Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu said that if Finland and Sweden want to join NATO, they must stop secretly sheltering terrorist organizations such as the Kurdistan Workers Party and abolish the arms embargo imposed on Turkey. .
Turkish President Erdogan shakes hands with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde (right) Source: Associated Press
However, because Finland and Sweden once expressed their refusal to repatriate parties involved in the " Gulen Movement " and several PKK members , whose attitude of harboring terrorist organizations has always made Turkey angry.
Therefore, Turkey has always opposed Finland and Sweden's joining NATO.
It is clear that this memorandum addresses Türkiye's legitimate security concerns. According to documents posted on the NATO website, as future NATO allies, Sweden and Finland will fully support Turkey’s fight against terrorism and unequivocally condemn in the strongest terms all attacks carried out by terrorist organizations against Turkey.
This undoubtedly gave Turkey reassurance, and NATO was also very excited, saying that this memorandum paves the way for Sweden and Finland to join NATO.
However, this news undoubtedly worries Russia.
Finland is of great significance to NATO's strategy of suppressing Russia. There is a 1,300-kilometer border between Russia and Finland. Once Finland joins NATO, NATO will be able to deploy weapons along the line. Russia will face a huge threat by then.
Sweden is just west of Finland. If it chooses to remain neutral, it will become the only non-NATO member among the Baltic Sea countries. This makes Sweden's situation very embarrassing. From the fundamental point of view, Sweden and Finland's attempt to "join the group" can be regarded as the " spillover effect " of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
If Finland and Sweden, two countries that are unfriendly to itself, are allowed to join NATO, it will only cause Russia more trouble.
Of course, the happiest person about Turifen finalizing the memorandum of entry into the treaty is the United States.
According to US media reports, all this is inseparable from the push behind US President Biden . Letting Sweden and Finland join NATO was a plan that Biden set up 6 months ago. At the recent G7 summit, the United States did not forget to continue to beat Türkiye.
When Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Anderson called him to introduce the draft content of the tripartite agreement, Biden also "nodded" to it. Before
, there was , Ukraine "quickly" obtained the status of EU candidate country, and later Turifen finalized the "treaty accession" memorandum. The United States really "hides its merits and fame."
However, Serbia does not seem to be "cold" about Ukraine's "speeding" to obtain EU candidate country status.
Recently, Serbian Interior Minister Alexander Vulin said that it seems that "military conflict with Russia" has become a condition for a country to accelerate its accession to the EU, but if this is the case, Serbia will no longer be in a hurry to join the EU.
Serbian Interior Minister Alexander Vulin
He also sarcastically said that if war was the only criterion for EU membership, Serbia could have started negotiations as early as 1999. "But such rules obviously do not apply to countries bombed by NATO."
I have to say that we should give Serbia a thumbs up for keeping a clear head at all times. After all, the "fast lane" is not necessarily conducive to driving. To make iron, you need to be hard-working. There is no such thing as overtaking in a corner in this world.
