NATO moved one step closer to gaining a crucial European member on Tuesday after Turkey’s parliament approved a petition to allow Sweden into the alliance.
NATO moved one step closer to gaining a crucial European member on Tuesday after Turkey’s parliament approved a petition to allow Sweden into the alliance.
NATO moved one step closer to gaining a crucial European member on Tuesday after Turkey’s parliament approved a petition to allow Sweden into the alliance.
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Hungary and Turkey are the only allies that have not yet agreed to join NATO. Hungary's Prime Minister Orbán is asking for negotiations - so far he and Erdoğan are blocking the move. Turkey delayed ratification on the grounds, among other things, that Sweden was showing a lack of commitment against "terrorist organizations" such as the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Most recently, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan conditioned his approval on the USA supplying modern F-16 fighter jets to Turkey.