The Turkish parliament does not ratify the Sweden and Finland membership in the North Atlantic Alliance until he sees the Madrid Memorandum, said the Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Chavushoglu.
He noted that there are obligations signed by Sweden and Finland, and they must be fulfilled. “The head of the Foreign Ministry of the Swedish government came to us on a visit. He was in parliament, met with parties. He heard that all parties equally declared that without fulfilling the obligations adopted to us, ratification of the protocol is impossible. Therefore, in the current conditions, to talk about the approval of this document Do not have to, ”said Chavushoglu.
Both Scandinavian countries applied for joining NATO in May, the document was ratified in 28 of the 30 countries of the Alliance. The application has not yet been approved by Hungary and Turkey. Moreover, after a series of shares in the burning of the Qur’an, including in Stockholm at the Turkish Embassy, Ankara said that they were not going to support Sweden on the way to the Alliance.