Turkey overthrows the veto on Finland and Sweden, at the cost of a piece of the Nordic soul
At the end of the first day of the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, a great turning point was announced: it seems that Turkey has given in on the question of the accession of the Scandinavian countries, linked to the war in Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hailed the reaching of an agreement to proceed with the admission of Sweden and Finland to the Alliance, saying that Turkey's concerns blocking the accession process have been resolved . Turkey, Sweden and Finland reportedly signed a "joint memorandum" after reaching the deal:
"Our joint memorandum underscores the commitment of Finland, Sweden and Turkey to extend their full support against mutual security threats," Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said in a statement. "Becoming a NATO ally will further strengthen this commitment."
Text of the Trilateral Agreement signed by #Turkey , #Finland , and #Sweden today at #NATOSummit in Madrid. h / t @ragipsoylu #NATO # MadridOTAN22 pic.twitter.com/qQSetJ3bVH
– NATOSource (@NATOSource) June 28, 2022
It is important to note that, under the agreement, the PKK has been classified as a "terrorist organization", which appears to be the fulfillment of Ankara's main claim.
A US administration statement pointed out that it has not offered Turkey concessions on the NATO nominations of Finland and Sweden. So far it appears that Finland and Sweden have made progress towards Turkey on the issue of the Kurdish PPK;
Niinisto said Tuesday's breakthrough came after the three countries signed a joint memorandum " to extend their full support against mutual security threats."
In reality, the Nordic countries, bowing to the request to define the Kurds of the PKK as terrorists, are selling a piece of their soul to welcome the persecuted. The Kurds in Sweden, for example, are a living minority that has received political asylum precisely because of the persecutions in Turkey and Syria, and they are not few, being almost 110,000. Up to now they have had strong protection from the Swedish state, precisely because of the persecutions, but now they fear that this situation will change and that their position will become more complex . Certainly many Kurds sympathize with the PKK, an extremist organization, but not an Islamist one, and now these emigrants fear new persecutions even in the north.
In the end Erdogan got what he wanted. If he also gets the F-16 requested from the US and not yet obtained, despite threatening the other NATO member Greece, then he would have a complete victory.
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