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NATO chief says Turkiye agrees to send Sweden's NATO accession protocol to Parliament swiftly

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From left: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Jens Stoltenberg and Ulf Kristersson

Vilnius: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to send Sweden's NATO accession protocol to the Turkish Parliament "as soon as possible."

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Stoltenberg made the announcement after talks with Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the eve of a NATO summit in Lithuania.

Sweden's NATO accession has been held up by objections from Turkiye since last year. (AP)

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