Turkey's Erdogan submits Sweden's NATO bid to parliament for ratification
Turkey's Erdogan submits Sweden's NATO bid to parliament for ratification Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted Sweden's NATO bid to parliament for ratification, pending a set date for ratification. The move was welcomed by Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and welcomed by the country's foreign affairs commission. The bill will need to be passed by the general assembly before it can be sent to ratification. Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but Sweden's bid had been delayed by Turkey and Hungary. Turkey, which has the second-largest army in NATO, has been seeking US congressional approval for a $20 billion sale of F-16 jets and modernisation kits.
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On Monday the bill on approving Sweden finally moved forward.
"The Protocol on Sweden's NATO Accession was signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 23, 2023 and referred to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey," the presidency said on social media platform X without elaborating.
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson welcomed the move and said Stockholm was looking forward to becoming a NATO member. "Now it remains for the parliament to deal with the question," Kristersson said on X.
There is no set timeframe for ratification, however. The bill will be put on the agenda of parliament's foreign affairs commission, which will have to pass it before it can be sent to the general assembly for ratification.
Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Finland's membership was sealed in April, in a historic expansion of the alliance, but Sweden's bid had been held up by Turkey and Hungary.
Turkey, which has NATO's second-biggest army, has long been seeking US congressional approval for a $20 billion sale of F-16 jets and modernisation kits. Erdogan has previously linked Sweden's NATO bid to US support for its request.
หัวข้อ: Sweden, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan