Blinken: Türkiye will soon approve Sweden's accession to NATO

According to CNN, US Secretary of State "Anthony Blinken" claimed on Sunday morning that Sweden's NATO membership protocol will soon be approved by the Turkish Parliament. "In Turkey, we discussed the final steps in the process of ratifying Sweden's accession to NATO in the coming weeks," Blinken said on the first day of his week-long trip to the Mediterranean region and West Asia. said. This claim comes despite the fact that the "Ryanovesti" channel had previously reported, citing a source in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, that the Ankara government was in no hurry to finally approve Sweden's NATO membership protocol. Scandinavian countries Finland and Sweden, both close to or bordering Russia, applied for NATO membership after Moscow's war against Ukraine began in February 2022. Turkey confirmed Finland's membership in the alliance in March but said it expected Sweden to comply with the tripartite agreement to be signed in June 2022 to address Ankara's security concerns.