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Türkiye keeps Sweden waiting on NATO membership as key summit nears

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STOCKHOLM: Sweden's path to NATO membership remains blocked by Türkiye and Hungary ahead of a July summit in Vilnius where it hopes to join Nordic neighbour Finland as a full member of the

and while it has strong support from other members including the United States and more talks with Türkiye are expected, there have been few clear signs of a breakthrough.Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year convinced Sweden and Finland to ditch long-held policies of military non-alignment.

Türkiye gave approval for Finnish membership after initial objections. But Ankara says Sweden does not take its security concerns seriously and has not lived up to a bargain, struck in Madrid last year, that laid out a number of issues Stockholm needed to address. Türkiye says Sweden harbours members of what it considers terrorist groups - a charge Sweden denies - and has demanded their extradition as a step toward ratifying Swedish membership.Demonstrations held in Sweden have also raised Turkish ire.

 

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