Blinken pushes Turkey to approve Sweden’s accession to NATO
, saying the Nordic country had already taken significant steps to address Ankara’s objections to its membership.
Speaking at a joint press conference with the Swedish prime minister in Lulea, northern Sweden, Blinken saidwas going to continue to work to complete Sweden’s accession in time for a mid-July NATO summit that will bring together alliance heads of state. “We look forward to this process being completed in the weeks ahead. We have no doubt that it can be, and it should be and we expect it to be,” he said.
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