Emmanuel Macron welcomed on Wednesday June 29 the “consensus” found the day before on NATO membership of Finland and Sweden after the lifting of the veto of Turkey, following an interview with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Madrid.
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The entry into the Atlantic Alliance of these two countries, whichhave robust and interoperable capabilities“, go “contribute significantly to the security of all allies“, underlined the head of state according to remarks reported by the Elysée. This membership was blocked by Turkey, a member of NATO since 1952, which accused Stockholm and Helsinki in particular of harboring militants of the Kurdish organization PKK, which Ankara considers “terrorist“. But, after long negotiations, Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave his agreement to their entry on Tuesday evening, having estimated that he had obtained their “full cooperationin his fight against the PKK.
During their interview, Emmanuel Macron and Recep Tayyip Erdogan “both underlined the importance of displaying a message of unity and strength, in the face of the disruption of the European security order caused by Russian aggressionin Ukraine, said the Elysee. The French president notably questioned his counterpart on “the latest Turkish-Russian talksto restore a Ukrainian grain export corridor in the Black Sea. The two leaders said,want to continue their coordination, in conjunction with the United Nations, to achieve the conditions to ensure the security of the port of Odessa and maritime convoys“, according to the presidency.
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