Turkey just unexpectedly gave Sweden the green light to join NATO at the NATO summit in Vilnius.

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to back Sweden’s bid to join NATO after a year of blocking the move citing Turkish security concerns.

NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg announced on Monday that Erdogan agreed to forward Sweden’s membership bid for the alliance to Turkey’s parliament.

After talks in Vilnius, Lithuania, with Erdogan and Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Stoltenberg said Turkey had agreed to move forward.

“I’m glad to announce … President Erdogan has agreed to forward the accession protocol for Sweden to the grand national assembly as soon as possible, and work closely with the assembly to ensure ratification,” Stoltenberg told a news conference.

“This is a historic day.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/10/turkeys-erdogan-agrees-to-back-swedish-nato-bid-stoltenberg

https://twitter.com/Sputnik_Not/status/1678494362286665728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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