Turkey, Sweden to hold first security talks since NATO entry, Turkish source says 

Turkey and Sweden will hold their first meeting on Wednesday addressing a security pact the sides agreed to ensure Ankara's approval of Stockholm's NATO membership bid, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Tuesday.

The meeting will take place during a visit to Ankara by Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, and it carried "special importance" in terms of improving cooperation on terrorism, the source said.

Turkey approved Sweden's bid to join the military alliance in January after a more than year-long delay over concerns about Sweden's stance on groups and individuals it deems terrorists, and over an arms embargo that Stockholm later lifted.

As part of the approval, Ankara demanded that Stockholm amend anti-terrorism laws and crack down on members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) - also labeled a terrorist group by the United States and European...