NATO Sweden

• Turkey agrees to move along Sweden’s NATO bid, but not done yet: Stoltenberg

  Previously non-aligned Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership last year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Finland joined in April following Turkish ratification.

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  Jul 10, 2023
  
• NATO chief calls meeting to push Turkey to let Sweden join alliance

  Sweden has set its sights on joining at the alliance's July 11-12 summit, but both Turkey and Hungary have so far held back from ratification.

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  Jun 28, 2023
  
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• Turkey must ratify Finland, Sweden NATO bids, Stoltenberg says. ‘Time is now’

  Finland and Sweden applied to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year.

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  Feb 16, 2023
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• Finland’s foreign minister hints at joining NATO without Sweden amid Turkey tensions

  On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Sweden again not to expect support for its application following weekend protests in Stockholm.

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  Jan 24, 2023
• Sweden has done what’s needed to join NATO, Jens Stoltenberg says

  Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has said that Sweden has lived up to its commitments and that the decision now “lies with Turkey.”

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  Jan 9, 2023
• Finland, Sweden apply to join NATO in ‘historic moment’ amid Russia’s Ukraine war

  The move by Sweden and Finland is one of the biggest geopolitical ramifications of the Ukraine war and will rewrite Europe’s security map.

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  May 18, 2022