"Our NATO membership process is in the hands of two countries, as you know, Hungary and Turkey have not yet ratified the protocols."

APA reports that Pekka Haavisto, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, who is on a visit to Riga, said this at a joint press conference with his Latvian counterpart.

"We know that NATO is a club that requires the consent of all allies to admit a new member. Hungary has promised that this issue will be considered in the parliament in February, and it will probably happen at the end of February. However, regarding Turkey, he said I understand that we don't have a schedule. Due to the incidents in Stockholm, Turkey has announced that it is freezing the tripartite cooperation we agreed on in Madrid."

The head of the Finnish MFA reminded that tripartite cooperation is very important and that Sweden and Finland are taking steps in this context.

"For example, cooperation in the field of combating terrorism, especially the fight against the PKK, which is recognized as a terrorist organization both in Sweden and Finland and throughout Europe. We believe that Sweden and Finland are fulfilling their obligations and we expect that Turkey will also take the next step." .

Haavisto added that the presidential election to be held in Turkey in May could be the reason for delaying the ratification process.

"There is a short period of time between the elections in May and the NATO summit in Vilnius in July, and we hope that there will be positive progress in the direction of the ratification process."