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Turkey postpones NATO meeting with Sweden, Finland: State TV

President Erdogan has critcised Sweden for allowing protests that included the burning of the Quran outside Ankara's embassy in Stockholm [Marko Djurica/Reuters]

Turkey has indefinitely postponed a new round of talks with Sweden and Finland on the Nordic neighbours’ NATO membership bids in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February, according to Turkish state TV.

The meeting scheduled to take place in Brussels was postponed at Ankara’s request, the state broadcaster said on Tuesday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was also expected to attend the talks slated to be held next month.

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