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The US tried to gain clarification from Turkey on the seriousness of its objections to Finland and Sweden joining NATO on Wednesday.
Turkey's Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, addressed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that adding Finland and Sweden to NATO raises serious security concerns for Ankara.
“Turkey has been supporting the “Open Door” policy of NATO even before this war. But with regards to these possible candidates – or already candidate countries – we have also legitimate security concerns that they had been supporting terrorist organizations. And there are also export restrictions on defense products," Cavusoglu said at the United Nations in New York.
“What I’m trying to say is we understand their security concerns, but Turkey’s security concerns should be also met,” Turkey's Foreign Minister said.
After the meeting on Wednesday, a joint statement was issued that made no mention of Finland or Sweden.
The two countries met to restate their “strong collaboration as partners and NATO allies," and pledged to "reaffirm their support to find a solution to end the war” in Ukraine.
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