Jens Stoltenberg

Türkiye agreed on July 10 to allow Sweden to join NATO, setting the stage for the allies to showcase their unity at a summit focused on supporting Ukraine against Russia's invasion.

Hailing a "historic day," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday evening that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed - after marathon trilateral consultations with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the eve of the Alliance's Summit - to proceed to forward the Nordic country's accession protocol to the North Atlantic Alliance for ratification by the Turkish parl

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced today that the process of ratifying Sweden's application for membership in the Alliance will begin.
"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made it clear that Turkey is ready to ratify Sweden's membership," Stoltenberg said at a press conference, reports Swedish public service SVT.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to forward to parliament Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, on the eve of a NATO summit in Vilnius.

Türkiye has demanded the resumption of the full membership talks with the European Union to consider the accession of Sweden into NATO, a day before the critical alliance's leaders' summit in Vilnius.

The Lithuanian capital has been turned into a real fortress because of the two-day meeting between leaders of the NATO countries starting on Tuesday. Vilnius is located just 30 kilometers from Lithuania's border with Belarus and less than 200 kilometers from Russia.

This was stated by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova.

NATO allies have reached agreement to raise the alliance's target for military spending to at least 2% of national GDP, two diplomats told Reuters late on Friday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged Sweden once again to uphold its promises in the fight against terrorism as the Nordic country pursues NATO membership.

This was stated by the president of the Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo, Milovan Drecun, for RTS, adding that there is no indication that Pristina will give up unilateral moves.