Turkey and Hungary ain’t in a hurry to let Sweden get a full membership in NATO……
Internal domestic policy, Old cross border problems and trying to stay on Russian President Putin’s good side are at play….
Biden’s chances are NOT good….
- The push starts Wednesday when he welcomes Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to the Oval Office, an opportunity to reaffirm America’s enthusiastic support for bringing Stockholm into NATO “as soon as possible,” the White House said Saturday.
- All 31 of the alliance’s members must approve any new adherents. The bloc’s central promise, in Article 5 of its charter, is to treat an attack on one as an attack on all.
Biden successfully pushed for NATO to welcome Finland, which shares an 800-mile border with Russia. It joined in April. Both Helsinki and Stockholm abandoned long-standing policies of neutrality and sought membership after Russia expanded its war in Ukraine in February 2022….
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Officially, the U.S. is hopeful Ankara and Budapest will formally drop their objections to admitting Sweden. Could the Swedes join at the summit?
“The president is very optimistic that they will, and we look forward to welcoming them into the alliance,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said June 26. “The conversations between Sweden and Turkey continue. We encourage that dialogue.”
But putting a bow on this in Vilnius is highly unlikely.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Sweden hasn’t yet done enough to crack down on groups he sees as security threats, including the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) that the U.S. and Europe have branded a terrorist organization. He also wants more done against individuals and groups he has accused of supporting a failed coup against him in 2016….
Note….
In invading the Ukraine?
Russian President Putin has actually made NATO stronger and tighter than it was….
Some Putin and Donald Trump had been working against….