“We do not consider the Madrid summit to be the deadline for the entry of Sweden and Finland,” TASS quoted him as saying.
So Stoltenberg answered the question of journalists whether the alliance would be able to remove Turkey's objections to the admission of these countries to NATO.
The summit of the alliance is scheduled for June 28-30, it will be held in Madrid.
Earlier, the Hürriyet newspaper reported that Turkey had requested written guarantees from Finland and Sweden to resolve the differences before these countries join NATO.
Ankara's demands were made because of the support by Finland and Sweden of organizations recognized as terrorist in Turkey.
The Turkish presidential administration reported that Sweden supplied weapons to terrorists who carried out terrorist attacks on Turkish territory.
According to Erdogan, Turkey will continue to fight the Kurdistan Workers' Party and its offshoots, despite the support they receive from the United States and Europe.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that in political terms, the entry of Sweden and Finland into the North Atlantic Alliance will not make the situation better.