Turkish "amen"

Probably the most important part of the meeting was the agreement between Turkey, Finland and Sweden, which abolishes the NATO blockade of the Scandinavian countries, reports Klix.ba.
Although at the NATO summit in Madrid, the members of the military-political alliance adopted a new Strategic Concept, which should determine the alliance's strategy for the next 10 years and action in several parts of the world, the public, as well as numerous officials, mostly focused on the agreement between Turkey and the Scandinavian countries which is rated as historical.
Despite the war in Ukraine, which was inevitably the topic of the two-day session, Recep Tayyip Erdogan once again managed to steal the show.
The entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO, according to the rules of the alliance, should be approved by the parliaments of all members, and the countries themselves should have received an official invitation to join at the NATO summit.
Nevertheless, both Stoltenberg and everyone else knew that the entire procedures are futile if they somehow fail to secure Turkey's "amen" to the entry of these countries. After the session, which lasted more than four hours, the delegations of Sweden, Finland, Turkey and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg left the hall and announced that the agreement had been reached, which caused the enthusiasm of all those present in the hall, as well as the officials of other NATO countries.
"Turkey got what it wanted, including full cooperation in the fight against terrorist groups," Erdogan explained briefly. In addition to numerous influential countries within the NATO alliance, including the largest power - the United States of America, Turkey has once again shown itself to be an extremely serious player in...

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