Some of Turkey’s demands for a NATO bid cannot be met by Sweden.

According to Sweden’s prime minister on Sunday, Turkey, which has been delaying Sweden and Finland’s attempts to join NATO for months, has made several conditions that Sweden cannot meet.

Ulf Kristersson remarked at a security conference where NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was also present, “Turkey has verified that we have done what we said we would do, but it also says that it wants things that we can’t, that we don’t want to, offer it.”

He said that the timing would rely on Turkish domestic politics as well as “Sweden’s ability to prove its sincerity.” “We are certain that Turkey will make a choice, we simply don’t know when,” he said.

In reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, Sweden and Finland broke with decades of military non-alignment and sought to join the US-led defense alliance.

Turkey, however, has resisted approving their application unless the two nations take action, including as aiding Turkey in its war against outlawed Kurdish insurgents.

Due to its stronger links to the Kurdish diaspora, Sweden has been the focus of the majority of Turkey’s requests.

According to Finland’s foreign minister, the nation will enlist in NATO at the same time as its neighbor.

Pekka Haavisto told reporters at the conference on Sunday, “Finland is not in such a haste to join NATO that we can’t wait till Sweden receives the green light.

Turkey complimented Sweden for reacting to its security concerns at the end of December, but emphasized that more was required to secure Ankara’s complete support for Stockholm’s delayed NATO membership application.