The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden's bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously non-aligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the press Wednesday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization must "grow out of" its "Cold War mentality."
"The West s biggest mistake is that they have announced supplies of tanks, especially terrific German-made tanks," Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said.