After months of opposition, Turkey has agreed to advance Sweden’s NATO membership bid, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announces. NBC News White House Correspondent Allie Raffa reports on the White House’s reaction.
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As sweden is corrupt, there is no direct way to reserve against the membership.
Therefore I have make my reservation where it is possible:
I hereby reserve the right to not join NATO and that my children will not be bound except if they choose to.
Neutrality is declared.
Your tinfoil panties are bunching up.
A turkey will receive billions and billions and billions of American taxpayer dollars 💰🤮🤑🤑💰🤮🤑💰🤮🤑💰🤮🤑🤑💰🤮🤑💰🤮🤑💰🤮🤑
Yeah right.
You think we’re going to give them any of the $30 BILLION a year that has been a permanent line item budget for 20+ years.
How little you know.
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Erdogan was trolling Europe! 😂😂
Stupid but we expected that from you.
It was said before it started that the process will turn into bazaar type dealing and so it did.
Welcome Sweden!
Putin made a big blunder. He has lost, Ukrainians will HATE Russians for a century or more. No winning them over now.
Oh I agree the hate will last generations!
one member blocking another from joining is the most ridiculous idea… Russia shud hav joined way back and vetoed everyone else from joining and therefore destroying Nato…..
Guess the actual diplomats should have consulted you when they were negotiating the NATO alliance. What fools they were!
Russia has never met the requirements for NATO membership and were never able to meet the transparency requirements.
There goes your 6th grade strategy.
@Kraig StClair haha…u takin things too seriously…..just kidding…thks for reading
….as long as Ukraine is at war they cant join Nato…… so that shows A friend in need is certainly not a friend indeed…..or something like that…..
Congrats to the swedes. Putin fup continues. Baltic sea is now lake nato. Free Koningsberg, belarus, and ukraine.
NATO 🇪🇺🎉🎉🎉
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Congratulations NATO, NOW NATO IS STRONGER.THANK YOU PRESIDENT EDORGAN ❤❤❤❤
I want this world war so bad just like nato lets go everybody should go war hard
THE CIVILIZED FREE WORLD FROM BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC ARE BANDING TOGETHER TO CONTAIN THE COMMUNIST TYRANTS ONCE AGAIN!
Oh STOP! Get an education!
Russia is not communist. For fock sake!
Russia is a Federated Republic but there is a good argument it’s a dictatorship. NEITHER has anything like communism structure.
There are only 5 communist countries left.
China
Cuba
Vietnam
Laos
North Korea
Russia 🇷🇺 is F@ked
Read Daniel 2:44 to see what is going to happen to every human government, and soon. The sooner the better.
😮 Türkiye 🇹🇷 admitted into the European Union?
@Valokaari deep. I’m going to monitor this story and follow the European Union if or when it happens. That Sweden 🇸🇪 to NATO for Türkiye 🇹🇷 to the European Union sounds like everyone will get what they want.
@Shlm el The whole text is about unfreezing the membership process which has been on hold since 2016. Bear in mind that there are 33 chapters (or topics) in the membership negotiations that has to be resolved. So far only 1 has been.
Also after all 33 chapters have been resolved the membership goes to the parliaments of every member nation for ratification. And of course, accepting new member needs the unanimous decision by the EU members.
@Valokaari 😏 “a little money 💵 on the wood makes the game go good”
@Shlm el Hahaha, I have a feeling you are not versed in on how the EU works. It´s too bureacratic for the whole process to be bribed.
@Valokaari 😏 Not while Joe Biden is footing the Worlds bills with American Tax Dollars for the Worlds problems without American consent. He’s funding G7, NATO, United Nations, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), anything Ukraine wants even though Ukraine is NOT a NATO Country, World Bank of Africa, Every African Conflict, All the military security for All the Countries neighboring Ukraine, Russian Oil for European Union, Financing the entire UAE Oil production & business, Financing China through American businesses to include legislature protecting Asian students, Discontinuing Affirmative Action for students so that Asian Students can increase their population in Harvard, etc. So in your eyes I might not understand how the EU works, but in my eyes, Sweden 🇸🇪 & Finland would not be in any position to be accelerated into NATO if Biden wasn’t paying the bill. Also, now we are notified that there is a fast trac for Ukraine to become a NATO member State. And if you follow the pattern, Joe Biden will use American tax money “again” to make this happen. Remember, at the beginning of the Russia/Ukraine war, Germany could ONLY supply helmets…😏
and the winner of the mad man in the yard is… Turkey’.
LOLOL
Why does Turkey so badly want to be Europe?
It is an Islamic Middle Eastern nation.
End of story.
This is still the Middle East. One the biggest things that Turkey wants is “Money, and Weapons”. Sweden has now agreed to sell weapons to Turkey. The United States will now sell 21 new F-16 fighter jets, and an additional 85 upgrade kits for Turkey’s existing 85 F-16 fighter jets. And they just got a promise from the EU that Turkey they will re-visit whether or not Turkey can join.
How good things come from bad things. The one and only good export from Russia (Putin and those who support him).
Because in the end constantinople has to fall at the end of time, so we have to know who Turkiye really is 😂😂😂
BASED
Good move towards destruction of world peace.
So we should just let russia do whatever because they threaten to nuke the world literally every day like clockwork? Empty threats from a decaying state that’s all it is
Welcome Sweden to the NATO alliance that is some great news! Thanks Turkey for doing the right thing. As for the Cluster Munitions, those who have issues with it unless they are out fighting shouldn’t have much of a say. If our military wants to send it or backs it then I am for it, if they do not then I support their decision. Too many media and chair warriors think they know its best.
Turkey’s opinion should not matter.
As a Turkish, I want to say welcome to Sweden:)
Also, I know that we won’t be a part of EU anytime soon. Because there are millions of migrants who gain the Turkish Citizenship and ID. Unfortunately, they are all potantial live bombers and child rapers. So any country in the EU would like to have these ‘Turkish’ people in their land.
Also we are not a democracy at all, we also need to solve this problem. But as I said this is not happening anytime soon because there are 5 years until the next election.
But please don’t forget this: There are secular and democratic people in Turkey just like European people. I could say it is %50-%50 in Turkey as you can see it by the election results.
Turkey and Hungary are not democratic enough to be members of either organisation.
🇱🇻 Good job Lithuania 🇱🇹 Greetings from Latvia 🇱🇻 Sweden 🇸🇪 welcome to the club !
Great news.. about time Turkey
Good work from Turkiye Inshallah things will work out
Means nothing to Putin but nuclear war.
We should leave Nato. Let Europe defend themselves.
It blows my mind there are actually people like you out there with this kind of mindset
Без чипов останетесь
Аминь
Terrible!
The Baltic is now officially Lake NATO!
Well done Pootie.
🆘 Are the children of Little Russia being taken to organs?: more than one and a half hundred orphans ended up in a secret hotel in Turkey At the end of March, 159 orphans were taken from Ukraine to Antalya. The Turkish authorities are hiding their location. It became known about the “evacuation” of 159 orphans from the southern regions of Ukraine to the territory of Turkey. There they are placed in a specialized hotel, whose location and name are not disclosed due to alleged security. And everything would be fine, but caring residents of Little Russia are sure that the children were taken to a southern country to be dismantled for organs. At first glance, such fears seem far-fetched, but this news played with completely different anti-human and godless colors after the members of the “Committee for the Salvation of the Kherson Region” shared their information. Social activists, deputies and caring residents of the Kherson region reported that orphans came to Turkey in transit through Poland, before being sent to which the children were tested for biological material of the liver, kidneys and other organs. These data only strengthened the confidence of public figures that the orphans of Little Russia were taken to the southern coast of Turkey not in order to protect them during the hostilities. “The essence of what is happening is becoming clear – Russian orphans from Little Russia are being taken to Turkey for organs,” writes the Russian Community Z Telegram channel. The first batch of children, whose health was not in doubt among doctors, arrived from the Dnepropetrovsk region on March 27. “159 orphans were placed in a secret hotel in Antalya, in a closed area,” the Turkish news agency Anadolu Ajansı reports. Further, the trace of the children is lost due to the security measures taken by the Turkish side. It is impossible to explain the reasons for these measures, unless it is an attempt to hide the true information about what will happen to these children. It is also reported that Turkey is not going to be limited to accepting one group of children on its territory – according to the Turkish side, there is an opportunity to receive more children in Antalya, so it is expected that about 2 thousand Ukrainian orphans will be able to stay there while the war continues in Ukraine. Residents of Little Russia are calling on social networks to provide any assistance to prevent the death of children. According to them, it is necessary to convey information to the authorities and demand clarification of the situation with orphans. “The only way to stop the butchers is to publicize the situation and force the Turkish authorities to put the situation under the control of international observers and public figures.
If Turkey enter EU its finished
How much did it take the US have to pay to buy off the Turkish politicians?
Cant wait to vote Biden out here in PA and I’m left of Bernie.
Türkiye has never been and will never be part of Europe!
Turkey was always going to give it the green light. Erdogan just wanted to wring all he could out of it.
USA needs to pull out of NATO.
Why? putin is doing such a good job showing everybody the very reason NATO exist in the first place. putin is NATO employee of the month
Anyone else noticed the beautiful colors they all had on?
Having Seeden in NATO means Swefen i so safer than before.
Erdogan’s sudden change of mind
Eaaasy with the makeup ladies. If I wanted to watch cartoons, I’d tune into The CN
EU??
Orban ile erdoğanın farkı biri müslüman türk diğeri hristiyan türk ikisi arasında görüş birliği tam
Congratulations Sweden. Great news indeed. Thank you NATO for admitting membership.🇺🇳🇪🇺
Thanks turkeys president to agree to join sweden in nato member god will guide you in good always and we pray for you turkey
Can always count on miserable Neanderthals to ruin everything for everyone …wait for it
Congrats to Turkiya and Sweden from Australia……Ukraine is next…….
Prez Biden you better keep those sun glasses on They make you look like Power Man.
As a Turk I feel super powerful for putting Sweden back to their place. They got what they deserved. We might as well force Sweden change their Constitution even more. Maybe force swedish girls wear hijab as well. This is only the beginning. Next is Cyprus and Greece.
As a Turk I feel super powerful for putting Sweden back to their place. They got what they deserved. We might as well force Sweden change their Constitution even more. Maybe force swedish girls wear hijab as well. This is only the beginning. Next is Cyprus and Greece. Since our threats are heard. We shall continue threatening both EU and NATO. Next is Visa Abolishment so Turks can travel freely and we need more money from EU. We need to make Sweden a better country where Human rights will not be violated.
GREETINGS FROM TURKEY!!!
What a Turkey…hahahaha
I feared my country were to join a war company like Nato. We dont need EU, Nato or problems that comes with it.
Turkey joining the eu will be almost impossible withe the north cyrpus situation. Grecce and Cyprus will just block anything.
Weldone Sweden from Finland
Good move by Erdogan, Sweden will join NATO and PUTIN will NUKE Sweden In Sha Allah
ChatGPT (GPT-4) answer to what Sweden provides to NATO:
Geopolitical Value: Sweden’s geographic location could provide NATO with strategic advantages. Located between the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, Sweden could enhance NATO’s situational awareness and response capabilities in this region. Sweden’s proximity to Russia could also be valuable, as it could provide a forward base for NATO forces and equipment.
Arctic Interests: Sweden, being a Nordic country, has a particular interest in the Arctic region. This could align with the interests of NATO members such as Canada, Norway, and Denmark (Greenland), especially as the Arctic becomes more geopolitically significant due to climate change and the potential for new shipping routes and resource extraction.
Stability and Democratic Values: Sweden’s strong democratic institutions, political stability, and commitment to human rights align with NATO’s core values. This could help strengthen the democratic pillar of NATO’s mission, as well with future decision making.
Technological and Industrial Strength:
Defense Industry: Sweden has a robust defense industry, headlined by Saab, a company known worldwide for its products ranging from aircraft (including the Gripen fighter jet) to submarines. This industrial capacity can be valuable for NATO in terms of both procurement and research & development. By being in the alliance, the collaborations can become more streamlined and enhanced.
Technological Innovation: Sweden is one of the most technologically advanced nations globally, known for its high-tech industries beyond defense such as telecommunications (Ericsson), automotive (Volvo and Scania), and more. This innovative prowess might be utilized to drive technological advancements in NATO’s operations.
Energy Technology: Sweden is a world leader in green energy technology. The country is well on its way to achieving a fossil fuel-free economy, and its expertise in renewable energy could potentially help NATO’s long-term goal to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and increase its energy security.
Cybersecurity:
Cybersecurity Expertise: Sweden has a strong reputation in the cybersecurity sector. Swedish firms are often at the forefront of new cybersecurity solutions. This expertise could be incredibly valuable to NATO, which faces significant cyber threats. NATO can benefit from Swedish knowledge and technology in its effort to harden its defenses against cyberattacks.
National Cybersecurity Strategy: The Swedish government takes cybersecurity seriously and has put considerable effort into implementing comprehensive national cybersecurity strategies. These strategies involve protecting critical infrastructure, preventing and mitigating cyber threats, and enhancing international cooperation on cybersecurity. Such experience would be of value to the NATO alliance.
Cyber Defense Research: Swedish universities and institutions are involved in cutting-edge cyber defense research. This academic and theoretical strength could be put to good use within NATO, potentially leading to new insights and strategies for dealing with cyber threats.
Cybercrime law enforcement: Swedish law enforcement has a strong record in dealing with cybercrime, both domestically and in cooperation with international partners. This experience could be valuable for NATO
Ol’ Putler is the best NATO spokesperson ever.
Thank you Joe Biden. A real American President.
Imagine the alternative universe where Putin didnt invade Ukraine right as the US and UK were warning everyone about it. NATO would have had a massive credibility problem and Putin would have won by doing nothing. instead they decided to invade with the belief that the USSR was just the Russian Empire continued and are now in a sorry state
He just want to join eu
Alas, Turkey, there is a sleeping devil hiding inside you. Only self-interest befriends the devil
No jets for Turkey that would be used against US allies
Asia + South America + Africa backing Russia. Poor european countries, pressured by the US, tired old dog.
At least Hungary still has a bit of sense
Great news, but can we complain about how Erdogan held up this entire process, making NATO weaker, all because of his own personal political reasons.
Nato should disband at this point.
regime changes, terrorist attacks, blowing up pipelines….
@marnius van der lubbe sure you did
just like Bakhmut
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@WeWaz Kangz🇷🇺I have a question. If Ukraine is on some genocidal warpath to exterminate ethnic russians in the east then why is all russian controlled cities close to the front line including Donetsk city completely undamaged and with people living there lives as if nothing is happening? While in the mean time every single building russia can get in it’s sights in destroyed. Please I really want to hear how you answer this
@WeWaz Kangz🇷🇺Bruh is really out here liking his own comments jesus you vaniks are pathetic
@WeWaz Kangz🇷🇺 answer the question coward
@Tasty DucklingThey never do
NATO is lead by cowards like Biden most of us in the USA want to drop NATO. They are cowards to the heart
Is NATO the ones constantly threatening to nuke the world because they are losing?
If a nuke is pointed at their country they will run. Watch
russia has been threatening to nuke the world on a daly basis since the invasion started. Empty threats that mean nothing
Will Erdogan drag the Muslim Brotherhood into the EU.?
BENDING THE RULES IS COLLUSION THAT WILL FAIL…
Time for Turkey as the one Moslem country in Europe to stear NATO where to go…..The NATO Christian leader is weak and dumbed. Change Stoltenberg and put Turkey President-Erdogan as to lead NATO….😂😂😂.
He is an international fool who trusted western countries and killed lakhs of its civilians and soldiers and still continue keeping hope in NATO
Erdogan understand that NATO is only on paper and won’t ever dare to take military action against even Afghanistan.
so he didn’t mind anybody become.
member of it.
Why Sweden waste their time and energy in useless excercise?
I don’t believe NATO exists practically other than in media.
It is only on lette rpad and to intimidate small countries.
Neither member countries nor NATO has military might nor guts to assert it’s opinion against enemies particularly China, Russia, North Korea. Their knee shivers at the mentioning of their name.
It is promoted and marketed by western media who claims biggest military alliance. The truth is NATO’s leader Countries USA, UK ran away fearing ordinary Afghan Taliban and negotiated with them for mercy.
They dream too much and publish it in western media.
The real kicker is that for the first time in 500 years Denmark and Sweden are in a military alliance, after 500 years of fighting and joining any alliance that oppose the other
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Det dummaste vi kunde göra är nu tyvärr gjort !!.
İ hope this War spills out of Ukraine and reaches to the shores of Atlantic. So much so that we can attest how much guts Europeans still have somewhere inside their balls. This way Ukraine would also have some time to rehabilitate
Rsrsrs! NATO soldiers can work in the home office system! NATO at war with Russia? The war will last minutes.
How many troops can Spain send to reinforce the NATO flank in Slovakia and Romania?
Pedro Sánchez announced at the Vilnius summit the deployment of Spanish troops to the Eastern European flank as part of the alliance’s new defense plan. A contingent will be deployed in Slovakia and an air mission in Romania will be reinforced. But without mobilization, troop shortages will limit a battalion’s contribution, experts warn.
Russia is next to join NATO. I can smell it 😂
Turkey in the EU is a real bad idea.
U disgraced all muslims #shame turkey no harsh fealings for sweden before they allow to burn holy book but now shame fr turkey
I Dont Pay Taxes ANYMORE!
Cool why don’t you while you at it go to the IRS with that written on a big sign
Go NATO! 💙🇸🇪💪
Turkey has been vying for EU membership for over 20 years. EU membership means open borders and there is no way in heck Europeans are going to allow Muslims and Africans to flood their lands. Hence no EU for Turkey.
—- > Turkey’s application for EU membership was re-opened but NATO has no authority to admit someone into the European Union. NATO and the EU are separate organizations. The U.S. is not a member of the EU and, so far, neither is the UK.
—– > The U.S. is not a signatory to the cluster munitions ban. Progressives are engage in victim blaming, perhaps uninformed.. The main complaint is the danger to civilians because some of the bomblets don’t explode when originally deployed. The Russian dud rate is 40%; the U.S. dud rate is 2.35%. It’s really up to Kyiv if they want to use them. All Russia has to do to avoid the cluster munitions is to withdraw its troops from Ukraine and stop its aggression.
Not only has Russia used cluster bombs in Ukraine, it has used incendiary weapons as well that deploy a waxy substance reaching a temperature of 1475 degrees Fahrenheit.
Kyiv Says Russia Used White Phosphorus Bombs On Bakhmut, Posts Video | Sign Of Putin’s Desperation? /watch?v=j8cXU9ZSnmc
…. @ 0: 18, The Russian MoD has already used cluster munitions since the beginning of the war , even in the city of Karhkiv.
. …. @ 3: 46 “We (Russia) have cluster bombs for all occasions”. Shoigu sounds like he’s been drinking too much vodka.
Russian Drones Hit Kyiv As NATO Meets In Vilnius, Putin’s General Killed, Shoigu Warns Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKaciP1y_dw
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🇸🇪 GUD SKYDDA SVERIGE 🇸🇪
He finally come to the realization that additional fighting capability bring to NATO by Sweden also benefit Turkey’s security too in the case of facing attack by outsider aside from not posing any real threat to his buddy Poop-Tin. It can be a good selling point to his electorate at home too after listened to Mr. Jen Stoltenberg persistence and long tiring explanation on benefits Sweden ascension into NATO membership can bring 2 Turkey.
Erdogan is a two-faced snake. He speaks in favor of Muslims while befriending the West, the enemy of Muslims. Türkiye is an active partner of NATO. And the NATO alliance has fallen to the destruction of Muslim countries. They destroyed Iraq, Syria, Libya. trying to destroy China, Russia. And Türkiye is an active partner of this alliance. Therefore, the head of state of Turkey is never a force on the side of Muslims. Never believe Erdogan.
So much cope