Turkey Imposes An Additional Condition For Supporting Sweden's Entry Into NATO. EU Must Accept Turkey's Membership

 

BBC News: Sweden Nato membership: Turkey calls for new EU membership talks 

Turkey's president has said his country will support Sweden's bid to join Nato if the European Union opens membership talks for his country. 

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would state his demand at the Nato summit in Lithuania later this week. He added that he had informed US President Joe Biden of his intentions. 

 Mr Erdogan's comments come ahead of a meeting with Sweden's prime minister and Nato's secretary general in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. 

Turkey is a Nato member and so has a veto over any new country joining the group.  

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WNU Editor: Brussels was quick to respond .... Brussels rejects Erdoğan's demand: NATO membership and EU accession are two 'separate' processes (Euronews).

 Turkey Imposes An Additional Condition For Supporting Sweden's Entry Into NATO  

Erdogan urges Europe to revive Turkish EU membership talks in exchange for Swedish NATO accession -- AP  

Turkey, Sweden Locked in Talks to Break Impasse Over NATO Membership -- Reuters  

If EU embraces Turkey, Ankara to back Sweden’s NATO bid: Erdogan -- Al Jazeera  

Why is Erdogan linking Sweden’s Nato bid to Turkey’s EU membership? -- Middle East Eye

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