Turkey’s Erdogan Backs Sweden NATO Membership After Long Delay
- President asks Turkish parliament to ratify Sweden’s entry
- Erdogan has been reluctant due to role of Kurds in Sweden
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked the country’s parliament to ratify Sweden’s application to join NATO, a crucial step in the Nordic nation’s bid to become a member of the military alliance after almost a year and a half of delays.
Sweden’s inclusion in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which would realign the security dynamic in Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, will be debated by the Turkish parliament’s foreign-relations committee before a final vote at the assembly, where Erdogan’s ruling AK party and its allies hold a majority of the seats.