NATO hopefuls Finland and Sweden voiced optimism on Tuesday that Turkey might lift its veto over their stalled bid to join the military alliance at a summit in Madrid, where U.S. President Joe Biden is set to meet his Turkish counterpart.
The White House confirmed Biden will meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during the summit that starts later on Tuesday and runs until Thursday, and two NATO diplomats said they expected Washington to seek to break the impasse.
Erdogan is set to meet NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Swedish Premier Magdalena Andersson and Niinisto at around 1400 GMT in Madrid.Ankara's main demands are for the Nordic countries to stop supporting Kurdish militant groups present on their territory, and to lift their bans on some sales of arms to Turkey.
"We want results. We are sick of passing the ball around in the mid-field. As of now, they are producing words," Erdogan said at the airport. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said NATO needed to focus more on the "fight against terrorism in all its forms," which was "also valid for the applicant countries".
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