Türkiye promises to approve Sweden's NATO accession if commitments to fight terror fulfilled

Türkiye has informed its NATO partners that Sweden will be able to join the North Atlantic Alliance once its commitment to combat terrorism is fulfilled, Turkish National Defense Minister Yaşar Güler said following the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, Report informs via TASS.

“We have informed our allies that in our bilateral talks [with Stockholm] we have expressed support for NATO's open door policy and that Sweden, with concrete fulfillment of the obligations enshrined in the tripartite [Madrid] memorandum, like Finland, will be able to join NATO,” the minister noted.