Erdogan Suggests Turkey May Ratify Sweden’s NATO Bid Latest in Fall
- Turkish president lifted block on Swedish membership Monday
- Countries disagree on what “as soon as possible” means
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ratification of Sweden’s application to join NATO may not happen until his country’s parliament returns from a two-month summer recess, highlighting differing views on what was agreed between the countries at the alliance’s summit this week.
Erdogan, speaking on Wednesday at the end of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, said his government would submit the bill after Stockholm shares a new plan about cracking down on Kurdish separatist groups.