Erdogan signals willingness to discuss Sweden's NATO accession in parliament

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There has been movement in Sweden's planned entry into NATO. One day before the NATO summit in Lithuania officially begins, Turkish President Erdogan has agreed to let parliament vote on it
There has been movement in Sweden's planned entry into NATO. One day before the NATO summit in Lithuania officially begins, Turkish President Erdogan has agreed to let parliament vote on it

This was announced by NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg after a conversation between Erdogan and Sweden's Prime Minister Kristersson in the capital Vilnius. In addition, Hungary has declared that it does not want to be the last country to agree to Sweden's accession.
In an initial reaction, Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock spoke of “good news” from Vilnius and congratulated Sweden. US President Biden was also pleased.
Erdogan recently made his support for Sweden dependent on the resumption of EU accession talks for his country. Erdogan therefore met with EU Council President Michel in another meeting in Vilnius. He then announced that closer relations with Turkey were already being worked on.
However, Michel's statement is not related to a resumption of EU accession talks. Such negotiations would have to be decided unanimously by the EU countries. That is hardly to be expected given Turkey's tensions with Greece and Cyprus.

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