Barely a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland cast aside decades of military nonalignment and self-reliance and joined the NATO alliance.
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Turkey’s parliament will keep its promise to ratify Sweden’s NATO bid if US President Joe Biden’s administration paves the way for F-16 jet sales to Ankara, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, according to Turkish media.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. During the meeting, international and regional issues were discussed, as reported by the Greek side.
The maritime domain offers a three-dimensional space where the maritime forces can manoeuvre. From the very beginning of Naval History the core philosophy of sea interdiction was to deny the approach of enemy forces or sea commerce to main ports or vital sea areas.
Diplomatic sources say Greece’s representation to NATO has sent a protest letter to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, following the congratulatory message to Turkey by NATO’s Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), based in Izmir, on the occasion of Turkey’s “Victory Day,” the anniversary of the defeat of the Greek forces in Asia Minor in 1922. It is also known as Turkish Armed Forces Day.
Greece and Ukraine confirmed their commitment to the latter’s efforts to join NATO, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Joint Declaration on Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration signed in Athens on Monday evening.
Senior lawmakers from the United States and Europe are calling for a change in the Western diplomatic approach toward Serbia and Kosovo amid concern that tensions between the two could rapidly spiral out of control.
Turkey will act to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership bid in conjunction with cooperation from Stockholm in the fight against terrorism, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Friday as saying.
Greek and Turkish naval and air forces took part in a NATO “enhanced vigilance activity” last week, with a British destroyer also involved with the two countries’ forces.
Canada has unfrozen talks with Turkey on lifting export controls on drone parts after Ankara gave its nod for Sweden to join NATO, a person familiar with the talks said, a move seen as one of several concessions won in exchange for the Turkish blessing.
The war in Ukraine has re-energized NATO. The most successful military alliance in the history of international relations is in the process of further deterring the aggression of Russia and reinforcing its defense posture.
Greece and Turkey agreed on Wednesday to resume talks and confidence-building measures as they hailed a new “positive climate” in ties after more than a year of tensions between the historic foes.
President Tayyip Erdogan’s government will hold talks with its nationalist parliamentary ally on ratifying Sweden’s NATO accession, a senior official said on Wednesday, after the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) appeared to a take negative view on the issue.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with his North Macedonia counterpart Dimitar Kovachevski on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius on Wednesday.
US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed defense and economic priorities during a meeting on Tuesday, the White House said, a day after Ankara backed Sweden joining the NATO military alliance.
US President Joe Biden’s administration will move ahead with the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey in consultation with Congress, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday, a day after Ankara gave the green light for Sweden to join NATO.
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