ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden expressed a desire to see Sweden join NATO 'as soon as possible' in a phone call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in which they discussed Sweden's bid to become a member of the Western alliance, the White House said on Sunday (Jul 9). Türkiye, along wi
ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden expressed a desire to see Sweden join NATO"as soon as possible" in a phone call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in which they discussed Sweden's bid to become a member of the Western alliance, the White House said on Sunday .
Erdogan told Biden that Stockholm has taken steps in the right direction for Ankara to ratify its bid, referring to an anti-terrorism law, but said these steps were not useful as Kurdistan Workers Party supporters continued to hold demonstrations in Sweden, the Turkish presidency's communications directorate said separately on Sunday.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he would convene a meeting between Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Vilnius on Monday.
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