Finnish, Swedish FMs: NATO membership process hasn’t stopped

HELSINKI: The foreign ministers of Sweden and Finland reiterated in separate interviews published on Saturday that the process for the two Nordic countries to join NATO is continuing despite Turkey’s president saying Sweden needs its country to approve its membership. should not be expected.
In an interview with the Swedish newspaper Expressen, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström acknowledged that Turkey’s anger over the recent demonstrations in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm and the burning of the Koran had complicated Sweden’s NATO accession.