Chapter Ministry foreign affairs of Republic Finland told about a turning point at negotiations with Turkey on NATO

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The head of Finnish the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pekka Olavi Khaavisto declared that a turning point during negotiations with Turkey about the introduction Finland and Sweden in NATO became a break on coffee. According to him, negotiations proceeded long, there were some meetings in Ankara, Brussels and it is a lot of different versions of the text of the agreement. The minister admitted that did not expect that the parties will be able to agree with Turkey at NATO summit in Madrid because there were many open questions. "Probably, the break on coffee became a turning point. The parties sat two hours, repeating the same phrases, but during coffee break we found creative ideas and...