NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg proposed holding a meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Finland and Sweden, Ankara is waiting for an answer to its conditions presented to these countries for their membership in NATO, said Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

The NATO Secretary General keeps the situation up to date, is in contact with the head of state. He suggested holding a technical meeting and a trilateral meeting of foreign ministers, Cavusoglu said, answering questions from editors at the Anadolu agency.

Finland and Sweden against the background of the events in Ukraine on May 18 handed over to the NATO Secretary General an application for joining the alliance. Turkey has blocked the start of the process of consideration of these applications. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara cannot say "yes" to the membership of Finland and Sweden in NATO, because it cannot believe their assurances about relations with representatives of the Kurdistan Workers' Party banned in Turkey.