北大西洋条約機構 boss: More important Sweden, Finland join soon than together
BRUSSELS, Feb 14 (Reuters) - 北大西洋条約機構 長官-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday it was more important that Finland and Sweden's 使用／適用s to join the 同盟 were 批准するd quickly than together.
The two countries 適用するd to join 北大西洋条約機構 に引き続いて Russia's 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国 in February last year and their 会員の地位 企て，努力，提案s have been 批准するd by all 同盟（する）s except Hungary and Turkey.
Turkey is 広範囲にわたって seen as the main 持つ／拘留する-up and Turkish 大統領 Tayyip Erdogan has 示すd his country could 批准する Finland's 使用／適用 while not going ahead with Sweden's.
Western 公式の／役人s have said they would prefer both countries to join 北大西洋条約機構 together, partly because it would be easier to 統合する them at the same time into 北大西洋条約機構's 軍の structures.
But Stoltenberg, speaking before a 会合 of 北大西洋条約機構 defence 大臣s at 同盟 （警察，軍隊などの）本部 in Brussels, 示唆するd that was a 第２位 consideration.
"The main question is not whether Finland and Sweden are 批准するd together. The main question is that they are both 批准するd as 十分な members as soon as possible," he told reporters.
"I'm 確信して that both will be 十分な members and I'm working hard to get both 批准するd as soon as possible."
Stoltenberg 強調する／ストレスd Sweden and Finland had already come much closer to 北大西洋条約機構 in 最近の months. He also 公式文書，認めるd that all 北大西洋条約機構 members had 認可するd the two countries' 招待s to join the 同盟.
Erdogan, however, said earlier this month that Turkey looks 前向きに／確かに on Finland's 北大西洋条約機構 企て，努力，提案 but does not support Sweden's.
Ankara has 需要・要求するd that both countries take a tougher line against the Kurdistan 労働者s' Party (PKK), which is considered a テロリスト group by Turkey and the European Union, and another group it 非難するs for a 2016 クーデター 試みる／企てる.
Finnish 議会の groups said on Friday they may 批准する 北大西洋条約機構's 設立するing 条約s in the coming weeks, a step that could lead to Helsinki 訴訟／進行 with 会員の地位 ahead of Sweden. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Andrew Gray, Editing by William Maclean)
