Turkey's president Erdogan agrees to back Sweden joining Nato alliance
The announcement from the Nato chief means Turkey's leader will back Sweden's Nato bid after almost a year of stalling.
Turkey and Hungary have been halting Sweden's admission to Nato since last year and have remained the only two nations to do so. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, during a meeting ahead of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday.Turkey's parliament will now be asked to approve the plan, the alliance chief has confirmed.
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