Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson has weighed in on negotiations between Sweden and Turkey, which are set to resume on Wednesday, shortly on the heels of Stockholm having extradited a PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) supporter to Turkey for the first time.
Jonson now says there's "strong support" for his country joining the NATO alliance in July, in reference to the July 11-12 major annual summit of NATO heads of state in Vilnius, Lithuania. Not only will Sweden's application be discussed, but a new secretary general is expected to be appointed.
"We believe that there is strong support for our application, and we believe that it would be important for NATO that we become full members for the Vilnius Summit," Jonson said on broadcaster SVT.
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