Nordic-Turkey deal took weeks of wrangling, and a U.S. nudge

After two hours of intense discussions on Tuesday before a NATO summit in Madrid, the leaders still struggled to bridge certain sticking points, with the parties repeating in frustration their existing stances, Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told Reuters in an interview.

Moments later the leaders of Turkey, Sweden and Finland, along with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, stood side-by-side as their foreign ministers signed a document. Turkish officials broke into applause, but still no-one explained to journalists what they were witnessing.BREAKING THE DEADLOCK

That process led to an important breakthrough at technical talks held in Brussels on Monday between senior officials from Turkey, Sweden and Finland. Stoltenberg was particularly instrumental and encouraged the Turks to continue negotiations, while also pushing the two Nordic countries to agree to stronger commitments that Ankara sought, several sources familiar with the talks said.

The two Nordic countries have also pledged to address Turkey's pending extradition requests "expeditiously and thoroughly", while lifting their restrictions on selling weapons to Turkey.When the crisis blew up in May, analysts speculated that a gesture from the United States, perhaps even expediting the sale of F-16 fighter jets that Ankara wants, could help resolve the impasse.

Coffee and donuts can do wonders… or maybe it was the Danish…..

Glad they could push us closer to nuclear war over coffee. Such a fun anecdote

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