STOCKHOLM: The foreign ministers of Sweden and Türkiye will meet 'soon' to discuss Stockholm's delayed bid to join NATO, the Swedish foreign ministry said on Monday (May 29). Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership following Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022. However, while Finland joine
In the past, Sweden has criticised Türkiye's human rights record and questioned its adherence to democratic standards.
Türkiye says Sweden harbours members of militant groups it considers to be terrorists and has not fulfilled its part of a deal struck in Madrid in June last year to assuage Ankara's security concerns."I look forward to being able to shift into a higher gear and speed things up now we know what the result is," Billstrom said.
Billstrom reiterated that the government hoped Sweden could become NATO's 32nd member state by the time of the alliance's summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Jul 11 to Jul 12.
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