Sweden says awaiting NATO ratification by Turkish parliament

Sweden says awaiting NATO ratification by Turkish parliament

Published September 07,2023


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Sweden is able to be part of NATO and is ready for Türkiye to begin the method to ratify the applying, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom stated on Thursday.

Sweden utilized final yr to hitch the defence alliance however Türkiye and Hungary have but to approve the bid.

“We are completely ready and we are waiting for the ratification process to start in Ankara,” Billstrom informed a news convention in Riga after a conferences of Nordic and Baltic overseas ministers.

Stockholm hopes Turkey will ratify the membership when the Turkish parliament reconvenes in October, as agreed with President Tayyip Erdoğan at a summit of the alliance in July.

Source: www.anews.com.tr