Fajarasia.id – “The events of the last few weeks have temporarily stopped this process,” Billstrom told the newspaper Expressen, adding that the Swedish government is now investing time and effort to speed up the process.
Appearing on Swedish television on Saturday, Billstrom said that the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has addressed the anti-Swedish issue of the international community in recent weeks, and it may take some time for (anti-Swedish sentiment) to calm down after the controversial issue.
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Sweden then suffered a major setback in the NATO membership application process. , when there were protests in Stockholm at the beginning of this month, which included the hanging of a figure of the Turkish president and the burning of the Holy Koran.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned Sweden on Monday, January 23, not to expect support from Ankara to join NATO after the incident.
The February meeting between Turkey, Sweden and Finland has also been postponed.
In a recent poll by Turkey’s semi-official Anadolu news agency, 92.5 percent of Turkish respondents refused to support Sweden joining NATO, the news agency reported.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (centre) speaks with Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (right).***
