Sweden welcomes Turkey sending NATO bill to parliament
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FILE PHOTO: Press meeting with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at Rosenbad due to yesterday's attack on Swedish people in Brussels, in Stockholm, Sweden October 17, 2023. TT News Agency/Fredrik Sandberg via REUTERS/File Photo
STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Tuesday said it is gratifying that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a bill approving the Nordic country's NATO membership bid to Turkey's parliament for ratification.
Sweden applied last year to join the defence alliance but Turkey and Hungary have yet to approve the bid. REUTERS
