The United States has not yet dealt with Turkey, and Croatia has come out to block it: to prevent Finland and Sweden from joining NATO
On May 18, Croatian President Milanovic said he planned to ask the country's permanent representative to NATO to block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO.
Milanovich mentioned Turkey in his speech, praising Turkey for setting conditions to "blackmail" NATO, saying that Turkey was "showing how to fight for the national interest", and he also made it clear that he intended to follow Turkey's conditions and would not agree to Finland and Sweden joining NATO until the conditions were met.
Previously, Turkey's proposed conditions were:
- Sweden and Finland declared the Kurdistan Workers' Party and its derivatives as terrorist organizations.
- Lifting of the arms embargo.
- Re-entry into the F-35 fighter program.
- Approved a new procurement plan for the F-16 fighter jet.
- Lifting of sanctions on the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system.
Croatia, on the other hand, has fewer conditions than Turkey, but is even more "bad" than Turkey's: it demands that neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina amend its electoral law to guarantee equal rights to vote for Croats in its territory.
Finland and Sweden needed the consent of all members to join NATO, while the NATO countries in Europe suddenly woke up and started doing business. Now the pressure has come to the side of NATO's counterpart, the United States, this time, if the United States insists on hoping that Finland and Sweden will join NATO, I am afraid it will have to hemorrhagic. （bear）
Photo 1: Croatian President Milanovic
