Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says another meeting on Sweden's NATO membership bid will be held later this month. Erdogan made the comment on November 8 after hosting Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Ankara. Erdogan said the joint meeting would be organized in Stockholm. Erdogan said he "sincerely wished" for Sweden to join NATO, but added: "We understand their security concerns, and we want Sweden to respond to ours." Kristersson said Sweden will "live up to all the obligations made to Turkey in countering the terrorist threat." Ankara has blocked Sweden and Finland from joining NATO over the harboring of Kurdish militants. To read the original story by AFP, click here.
Editors' Picks
RFE/RL has been declared an "undesirable organization" by the Russian government.
If you are in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine and hold a Russian passport or are a stateless person residing permanently in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine, please note that you could face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us.
To find out more, click here.