According to the president, the approval of the protocols for Sweden’s access to NATO is the prerogative of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, a process that is already underway, Erdogan said.

Our Parliament will follow all the set deadlines and will make the appropriate decision, in accordance with our national interests, the head of State noted upon returning from the summit of the Atlantic alliance in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Last Monday, the president gave the go-ahead to bring the issue of Sweden’s access to the military pact to the Turkish legislature, after several months of demands to Stockholm related to the approval of anti-terrorism regulations.

In addition, Türkiye’s decision to endorse Sweden’s membership was tinged by at least two cases of Koran and other Islamic holy books burned in Stockholm, which provoked negative reactions from Ankara that cast doubt on Sweden’s membership.

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