Erdogan dropped his opposition to Sweden’s entry to Nato. Read more at straitstimes.com.
VILNIUS - US President Joe Biden thanked his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday for his “courage” inAt a meeting during the Nato summit in Vilnius, Mr Biden celebrated the conclusion of a major diplomatic push to get Mr Erdogan to stop blocking Sweden’s application.
“I want to thank you for your diplomacy and your courage to take that on. And I want to thank you for your leadership,” Mr Biden told Mr Erdogan. Frustration had been mounting in Western capitals at Mr Erdogan’s obstruction of Sweden, which required unanimous approval from Nato members in order to complete its entry bid into the alliance, launched, along with Finland, in response toMr Biden spoke with Mr Erdogan from Air Force One for nearly an hour on Sunday in a bid to break the impasse and avoid an embarrassing failure at the Vilnius summit. Mr Erdogan abruptly dropped his opposition late on Monday on the eve of the Nato get-together.
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