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Umut Uras

Why Turkey changed its stance on Sweden’s NATO membership

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, shake hands next to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Vilnius, Lithuania [Henrik Montgomery /TT News Agency/via Reuters]

Turkey has agreed to allow Sweden to join NATO after closed-door negotiations between NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and the leaders of the two countries ahead of a NATO summit in Lithuania.

“Completing Sweden’s accession to NATO is an historic step that benefits the security of all NATO allies at this critical time,” Stoltenberg said at a press conference in Vilnius late on Monday.

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