Still no green light from Turkey over Sweden’s NATO membership
- Top officials from Sweden, Turkey and Nato met in Ankara on Wednesday, for talks on the Swedish application for membership in the defence alliance.
- Ahead of the meeting, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sweden can’t expect to be members before the Nato summit in Vilnius.
- After the meeting, Sweden’s chief negotiator with Turkey, Oscar Stenström, told reporters the meeting brought the process forward, but that “we are still far from the goal”.
For more on what to expect before the NATO summit in Vilnius, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.
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