Sweden and Finland are unlikely to be able to join NATO before June, a senior Turkish official said Saturday.
Ankara recognizes the Swedish and Finnish commitment to changing anti-terror laws in accordance with an agreement signed between the three countries at last June’s NATO summit, he added.
The timetable for presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey could also play a role, Kalin said. The polls are currently scheduled for June 18, but the timing of the Mecca pilgrimage and a religious holiday could see them brought forward a month. Any NATO deal must be ratified by parliament, which is likely to go into recess before the elections.
Such “localized moments of de-escalation” would help bring an end to the war. “If the goal was to change Russian behavior and end the war, I don’t think that’s been achieved,” he said.
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