“On the merits of the meeting (with Turkey and Sweden at NATO headquarters. -

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) there was not much progress ... I would not like to give exact dates, but it is unlikely that we will be able to do this before September,” TASS quotes him.

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.

According to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, the documents received from Sweden and Finland are "far from Ankara's expectations".

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance did not expect Turkey's tough position on the membership of Finland and Sweden.