The Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Commission gave its first approval this Tuesday. participation protocol Sweden to NATOIt expects the general assembly to approve it and the Scandinavian country could join the Atlantic Alliance a year and a half after formalizing its request.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent the protocol to Parliament in October, after a situation that paralyzed the process for more than a year. Alleged non-cooperation of Swedish authorities Persecution of Kurdish groups and burning of copies of the Quran.
Erdogan also linked the completion of the procedures in recent weeks with the US approval of the sale of F-16 fighter jets.
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom celebrated the commission’s vote on social networks and now reminded: The “next step” will be for Parliament to vote on the issue in plenary. However, there is no set timeline for completing the process.
Finland, which has been a member of the Alliance since April 2023, and Sweden, which has requested to join NATO at the same time, are expected to receive approval from Hungary, which has paralyzed the parliamentary process.