WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden showed support for Sweden’s entry into Nato in talks with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Wednesday as doubts linger that Turkey will lift its opposition in time for the military alliance’s summit next week. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden showed support for Sweden’s entry into Nato in talks with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Wednesday as doubts linger that Turkey will lift its opposition in time for the military alliance’s summit next week.
Mr Biden leaves on Sunday on a three-nation trip centred around the summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where alliance members hope to welcome Sweden as its newest member. Mr Biden, seated next to Mr Kristersson in the Oval Office with reporters present, said he was “anxiously looking forward to your membership” in Nato
Mr Kristersson said after the meeting that the two leaders agreed that the Vilnius meeting was a “natural time” to finalise the Nordic country’s bid to join the alliance. “But we both also know that only Turkey can make Turkish decisions,” Mr Kristersson told reporters, at the Swedish embassy in Washington.
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