The United States is hoping this week’s NATO summit in Madrid, Spain will “boost” Finland and Sweden’s candidacies to join the North Atlantic alliance as the two nations face pushback from Turkey. …
Amid floating concerns, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan“I’m not sitting here today suggesting that all issues will be resolved by Madrid, but we’re going to try and resolve as many of them as possible so that Madrid gives a boost to their candidacies, even if there remains some concerns on the part of Turkey that need to be worked out,” Sullivan said at the G7 summit in Germany.
Finland and Sweden formally applied to join the North Atlantic Alliance in May, amid the ongoing brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine. The two countries must gain unanimous support from all 30 nations to join. It remains unclear if Biden intends to meet with Erdoğan in Madrid regarding Sweden and Finland’s candidacies, however Sullivan indicated “they may very well have the opportunity to see one another.”
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