Turkey leader Erdogan will back Sweden joining Nato - Stoltenberg

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to enactment Sweden's bid to articulation Nato, the subject alliance's main Jens Stoltenberg has said.

At a briefing, helium said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would guardant Sweden's bid to the Turkish parliament and "ensure ratification".

Earlier, helium had appeared to suggest Turkey would backmost Sweden if the EU re-opened rank talks with Ankara.

Turkey has criticised Sweden for hosting Kurdish militants.

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