Posted on 06/20/2022 8:29:55 AM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
Germany is "very confident" that an agreement on Finland and Sweden joining the Nato alliance can be reached, a source inside the German government has told news agency Reuters (siirryt toiseen palveluun).
However, the source considered it unlikely that a consensus could be found before a Nato summit in the Spanish capital Madrid next week, as Turkey continues to block accession talks.
"As nice as it would be to announce concrete steps .. it would not be a catastrophe if it needed a few more weeks," the source said, adding that the German government has not identified any "insurmountable problems" in reaching an agreement.
Nato is hosting talks between Finnish, Swedish and Turkish officials in Brussels on Monday aimed at breaking the deadlock.
Finnish news agency STT reported Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) as saying that Finland does not have high expectations for the meeting.
In an interview with AFP, Paul Levin of the Turkey Institute at Stockholm University said that while progress in the talks is possible, it may also prove "very difficult".
"It would require both sides to show real willingness to make some compromises," he said.
"As nice as it would be to announce concrete steps .. it would not be a catastrophe if it needed a few more weeks," the source said, adding that the German government has not identified any "insurmountable problems" in reaching an agreement.
Nato is hosting talks between Finnish, Swedish and Turkish officials in Brussels on Monday aimed at breaking the deadlock.
Finnish news agency STT reported Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) as saying that Finland does not have high expectations for the meeting.
In an interview with AFP, Paul Levin of the Turkey Institute at Stockholm University said that while progress in the talks is possible, it may also prove "very difficult".
"It would require both sides to show real willingness to make some compromises," he said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused Finland and Sweden of "protecting terrorists" and issued a list of demands that must be met before Ankara will allow accession talks to proceed.
Over the past five years, Turkey has asked Finland to extradite several people it says belong to the Gülen movement and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and has also called on Finland and Sweden to lift their arms embargoes on Turkey.
Levin noted that Turkish anger is especially directed at Sweden, even though Sweden considers the PKK to be a terrorist organisation as do other European countries and the EU.
However, Sweden stands out because there are an estimated 100,000 people of Kurdish background living in Sweden, which Levin described as an "influential" minority.
"In that sense, perhaps Turkey is right to focus its spotlight on Sweden," Levin said.
Will they pay their 2%....Bet not...Bet it gets waived.
They will pay between 1.2 and 2.2%. The US pays 16%.
Going to have to pay off Turkey first.
Like my old used car salesman buddy used ta say about new car deals..
"Ask'em.. Is the ANYTHING else I can pay for in this transaction? Yer next vaca? Kid's birthday party? There's gotta be somethin left that isn't tacked onto this BS agreement.." d:^)
Apparently there isnt a multi national organization that the globalists don’t like. NATO needs to go bye bye. EU can do it.
Why is US in NATO which is essentially the military arm of the EU at this point
A horrible mistake for us and Finland. Pisses off the Russians and gives us a ridiculous border to defend.
Russia is reaping what it sowed. If they hadnt attacked Ukraine this wouldnt be happening.
> A horrible mistake for us and Finland. Pisses off the Russians... <
Yep. For the life of me I can’t understand why germany would make this public announcement, especially now. It’s not like Putin was planning to invade Finland or Sweden tomorrow.
All this announcement does is give Putin another reason to justify his illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine. “See, they really are trying to surround us! I had to act when I did.”
Why don’t we just admit every nation into Nato. PRESTO - No more war! Peace in our time! lol
Agreed. European countries only.
They want war.
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Who cares? They won’t contribute any fair share either.
Disband NATO.
That is bullpoop and flat out ridiculous.
“Why don’t we just admit every nation into Nato. PRESTO - No more war! Peace in our time! lol”
I believe that is exactly what the globalists want to do.
In a 2018 Atlantic Council talk titled, “Frontlines of Freedom,” Wilson would admit:
…the strategy [of consolidating control over Eastern Europe] is not meant to create new dividing lines in Europe. The aim is to anchor a vulnerable, insecure zone in the certainty of a stable and prosperous and free Europe, and over the long time [sic] this vision includes a democratic Russia. But the pathway to reform in Moscow might just begin with choices that are made in Kiev, Chișinău, Yerevan, and Tbilisi.
Wilson reveals the goal of US policymakers and their involvement in both the EU and NATO is not only to move both organizations up to Russia’s borders, but to absorb Russia itself – a policy that couldn’t be more obvious to geopolitical observers and the clear driving force behind Western-Russian tensions today.
Bingo. NATO accomplished its mission 31 years ago. Disband it.
Pay no mind to the Stale Prints. Globalist, warmongering troll.
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