“A clear position was conveyed that without satisfying our concerns, there can be no question of any process,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying at a press conference following negotiations with the delegations of the two countries in Ankara.
Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey wants to receive written guarantees from Finland and Sweden to resolve conflicts before these countries join NATO.
Also, the Turkish National Security Council, chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will discuss at a meeting on May 26 the applications of Finland and Sweden to join NATO, as well as the situation in Ukraine.