Europe 1 with AFP 3:30 p.m., May 26, 2022, modified at 3:34 p.m., May 26, 2022
Faced with Recep Tayyip Erdogan's reluctance, Emmanuel Macron calls for "respecting the sovereign choice" of Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
The French president also explained that he wanted a "solution" to be quickly found to lift the Turkish veto.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to "respect the sovereign choice" of Finland and Sweden to join NATO, and hoped that a "solution" would be quickly found to lift the Turkish veto.
"The President of the Republic underlined the importance of respecting the sovereign choice of these two countries, resulting from a democratic process and intervening in reaction to the evolution of their security environment", indicated the Elysée to the from the telephone interview.
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