U.S. President Joe Biden showed support for Sweden's entry into NATO in talks with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Wednesday as doubts linger that Turkey will lift its opposition in time for the military alliance's summit next week.
WASHINGTON, July 5 - U.S. President Joe Biden showed support for Sweden's entry into NATO in talks with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Wednesday as doubts lingerBiden leaves on Sunday on a three-nation trip centered around the summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where alliance members hope to welcome Sweden as its newest member.
Kristersson said after the meeting that the two leaders agreed that the Vilnius meeting was a "natural time" to finalize the Nordic country's bid to join the alliance. "But we both also know that only Turkey can make Turkish decisions," Kristersson told reporters at the Swedish embassy in Washington. The United States and its allies have been working to overcome Turkey's opposition. Sweden has said it has fulfilled the demands agreed upon in negotiations with Turkey, including introducing a new bill that makes being a member of a terrorist organization illegal, but Erdogan has yet to signal he is ready to ratify Sweden's application.
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