Turkey Commits to Ratifying Sweden's NATO Bid in the Coming Weeks
TL;DR
Sweden's Foreign Minister, Tobias Billström, announced that Turkey has pledged to ratify Sweden's bid to join NATO "within weeks." The Turkish parliament had previously postponed a session to vote on Sweden's accession bid, but no new conditions were put forward in a recent conversation between the foreign ministers of both countries. Hungary is also yet to ratify Sweden's membership status in the alliance.
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