23 January 2024 at 20:31 Finally clarified: Turkey’s national assembly approves Sweden’s NATO application The Turkish national assembly has approved Sweden’s application for membership in NATO shortly after 9 p.m. Norwegian time. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan still needs to sign the ratification, which he has said he will do as soon as the National Assembly has passed it, according to AFP. Earlier on Tuesday, the debate started in the National Assembly on Sweden’s application. All NATO’s 31 member states must approve a new member. Only Turkey and Hungary have held back for Sweden. Now only Hungary is missing. CORRECTION: news first wrote at 20:31 that the vote had been completed and that Sweden’s NATO application had been approved by the Turkish parliament. The correct thing then was that the vote was still ongoing, but that it went against the majority in favor of approving the application.
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