NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will hold crunch talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the coming weeks over Sweden joining the alliance.
Ankara has so far blocked Stockholm’s bid to join the Western military coalition, accusing the Swedes of harbouring what Turkey claims are militants from the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the PKK.
Arriving in Oslo for a summit of NATO foreign ministers, including British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, Secretary-General Mr Stoltenberg said he would “travel to Ankara in the near future to continue to address how we can ensure the fastest possible accession of Sweden”.
