Finland contacts Turkey after Erdogan's words about a possible NATO veto on Sweden

MADRID, 30 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Finnish authorities "immediately" contacted those of Turkey on Sunday after the words of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who opened the door to separate the Finnish candidacy from the Swedish one in the NATO enlargement process. .

The President of Finland, Sauli Niinisto, confirmed these contacts on Monday in statements to the newspaper 'Helsingin Sanomat'. According to Niinisto, they have agreed to hold new talks both at the level of the Presidency and the Foreign Ministry.

Niinisto has also spoken with the NATO Secretary General "about the current situation in relation to integration requests." "Close contacts continue," the president said on his official Twitter account.

Erdogan opened the door to respond in a "different" way to Finland's request to join the Atlantic Alliance, after in the last week he has spoken out against Sweden's aspirations. Both Nordic countries presented their candidacy jointly and aspired to enter at the same time, in record time.

The Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, has also alluded to a possible division of the candidacies on Monday, who has called to take into account the "concerns" of his government, according to statements collected by the Haberturk television network.

"If this step is taken, we hope to be able to consider them independently. I think it would be fair to divide these countries into the most and least problematic, but our goal is not to really separate them. Our position is lowered on objective analyzes of how these requirements are met." , has stated.