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Turkey agrees to back Swedish NATO bid: Stoltenberg
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands in front of NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg prior to their meeting, on the eve of a NATO summit, in Vilnius on July 10, 2023. (YVES HERMAN / POOL / AFP)
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to forward Sweden’s application to join NATO to his parliament for approval, the alliance’s head Jens Stoltenberg says.
After talks in Vilnius with Erdogan and Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Stoltenberg says Turkey agreed to move forward, declaring: “This is a historic day.”
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