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Added on the 24/01/2023 15:27:27 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The hold-up follows Ankara announcing it would not back Sweden's NATO bid following an anti-Turkey protest in Stockholm. Finland, it seems, is reassessing its options but still insist joining with Sweden is the number one option.
For more on Turkey's latest fiery objection over Sweden joining NATO, FRANCE 24 is joined by Stig-Björn Ljunggren, Swedish Political Scientist and Political Editor-in-Chief at the Social Democratic newspaper Sydöstran.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told Sweden not to expect his backing for its bid to join NATO after Swedish police allowed a Quran to be burned by a protestor outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.
Turkey signs a memorandum with Finland and Sweden supporting the invitation for the two Nordic countries to become members of NATO. IMAGES
Finland, and its neighbour Sweden, applied to join NATO after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked security concerns.
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