Turkey Digs In on Sweden’s NATO Bid as Allies Mount Pressure
- No movement expected at this week’s Turkey-Sweden meeting
- Sweden hopes new anti-terror law satisfies Erdogan’s demands
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Turkey is unlikely to signal it’s ready to approve Sweden’s bid to join NATO when both sides meet this week, despite the Nordic country’s hopes that a recent strict anti-terror law would persuade Ankara it’s cracking down on Kurdish militants.
Turkey, Sweden and Finland are due to meet Wednesday for further talks as part of a joint format agreed in Madrid last summer.