The Turkish parliament will begin to discuss Sweden’s acceptance as a member of the military alliance NATO tomorrow. The issue may not be voted on tomorrow.
The Turkish parliament will vote on Sweden’s NATO membership possibly tomorrow, Tuesday. Sources in the Turkish Parliament tell about it For the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation SVT.
The Turkish parliament returns from recess on Tuesday.
According to information from the Reuters news agency, the Turkish parliament will start the discussion of Sweden’s NATO membership tomorrow. The issue may not be voted on tomorrow.
Financial news agency Bloomberg reported earlier, based on its parliamentary sources, that the hearing would take place this week.
Sweden’s membership would be proposed by Turkey’s leading AKK party, which together with its supporting parties has a parliamentary majority.
If Turkey accepts Sweden’s membership, Hungary would be the only member country that would not have ratified Sweden’s membership in the military alliance NATO.
Sweden’s membership delayed
Finland became the 31st member of the military alliance in April. Sweden was expected to join the military union around the same time, but since then, among other things, the burning of Korans in Sweden and the status of Kurdish groups labeled as terrorists by Turkey in Sweden have delayed the process in Turkey.
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has since linked Sweden’s membership to the United States’ willingness to sell F-16 fighters to Turkey.
The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee decided to support Sweden’s membership on Boxing Day. In the justifications of the bill approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee, it was stated that Sweden has progressed since the NATO summit in July to the point where Turkey can cooperate with it.
After the 600-member parliament voted on the matter, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan still has to sign the decision.
REUTERS, STT