The Croatian president wants to prevent Sweden and Finland from joining NATO

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Said Croatian President Zoran Milanovič the desire after Turkey to block the process of considering Sweden's and Finland's applications to join NATO. This is data from the Associated Press.

In early May, Milanovich promised to veto an invitation from Sweden and Finland to a NATO summit if the issue is raised at the presidential level. He also spoke out against the accession of these countries to the alliance.

As it turned out, Milanovič believes that the political rights of Bosnian Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina need to be increased before new countries can join the alliance. The accession of Albania and Northern Macedonia to the European Union also needs to be resolved. In addition, it calls first for a solution to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area and also to address the situation with unrecognized Kosovo.

Interestingly, the Croatian President has previously had a so-called conflict with Prime Minister Andrei Plenkovic over Ukraine. As a result, the prime minister announced that all contacts with the head of state were coming to an end.

On Wednesday, it was announced that Turkey had blocked the start of negotiations in NATO on the accession of Finland and Sweden to the alliance. Corresponding country requests are suspended, the DPA reported. The Financial Times wrote, citing sources, that it will now take more than a week or two to discuss Sweden and Finland's requests, which were originally discussed in NATO.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier that Ankara would not support Ankara Stockholm and Helsinki offers if they support “terrorists”. The Turkish side considers the PKK to be such. Erdogan also said that the Swedes and Finns had supported sanctions against the Turkish side

Источник www.mk.ru

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