Turkey and Sweden Agree to Continue NATO Ratification Talks
- Sweden’s chief negotiator speaks after meeting in Brussels
- Talks were halted after the burning of a Koran in Sweden
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Sweden will continue NATO membership negotiations with Turkey as it seeks to revive a stalled process to join the defense alliance, according to the Nordic nation’s chief negotiator.
A Thursday meeting at the Brussels headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization marked the first sign of progress after the burning of the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm in January led to a halt in talks. Sweden, along with neighboring Finland, still need Turkey’s ratification of their applications to join the 30-member bloc.