France: Turkey, Hungary must ratify Sweden’s NATO membership before July summit

Turkey and Hungary must ratify Sweden’s NATO membership before the alliance meets at a summit in July, France’s foreign minister said on Friday, adding that any further delays were not understandable and risked the 31-members’ security.

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“It is in everyone’s interest, including Turkey, and we are counting on it now that the elections are over to quickly ratify Sweden’s membership,” Catherine Colonna told reporters at a news conference with her Swedish counterpart Tobias Billstrom.

“We want it (Sweden) to be in Vilnius as a full member.”

Billstrom said Stockholm had met the terms of an agreement with Ankara, pointing to new anti-terrorism legislation, and that it was now in the “hands of Turkey to decide.”

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