NATO chief says it's TIME BUT Turkey AGAINST: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accusing the countries

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that Sweden and Finland were ready to join the military alliance. Stoltenberg said the two Nordic states had delivered on Turkey's demands, paving the way for accession. "It's time to welcome Finland and Sweden as members of NATO," he told a press conference alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Istanbul. But Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu poured cold water over Sweden and Finland"s aspirations to rapidly join NATO on Thursday, saying that, despite some progress, the countries had not met all the conditions of the three-way deal struck to allow them to enter the military alliance.