Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu affirmed his country's support for NATO's "open-door" policy and its understanding of Finland and Sweden's desire to join the alliance following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but he also repeated President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's demands that Turkey's security concerns about the candidate nations be addressed. Cavusoglu made the remarks as he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for talks in New York.