Turkey Agrees to Admit Sweden into NATO Says Alliance Secretary General

Sweden is set to join NATO as the military alliance’s 32nd member following its acceptance by Turkey. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on July 10 that a meeting between Turkish President Recep Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson resulted in an understanding being reached between the two powers. Sweden initially requested membership in NATO alongside Finland in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. Any NATO member is allowed to veto the entry of any potential member, however, and for the last year Turkey has refused Sweden’s admission into the alliance. Turkey previously vetoed the Nordic nation’s membership bid, saying that Sweden provided safe haven to members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which it considers to be a terrorist organization....