{"id":65684,"date":"2023-10-23T15:50:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/23\/turkeys-president-submits-protocol-for-swedens-admission-into-nato\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:57:38","slug":"turkeys-president-submits-protocol-for-swedens-admission-into-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2023\/10\/23\/turkeys-president-submits-protocol-for-swedens-admission-into-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey\u2019s president submits protocol for Sweden\u2019s admission into NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a protocol for Sweden\u2019s admission into NATO to Turkey\u2019s parliament for ratification, his office said Monday, bringing the Nordic country a step closer to membership in the military alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erdogan had been delaying ratification of Sweden\u2019s membership, accusing Stockholm of being too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups his country considers to be security threats. Turkey also was angered by a series of Quran-burning protests in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All 31 NATO allies must endorse Sweden\u2019s membership. Turkey and Hungary are the only two allies that have yet to ratify it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A brief statement from the presidential communications directorate said Erdogan had signed the protocol on Sweden\u2019s NATO accession, which was then submitted to the Turkish Grand National Assembly. It was not immediately known when Sweden\u2019s membership would come to the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweden welcomed the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGlad to hear that Turkish President Erdo\u011fan has now handed over the ratification documents to the Turkish Parliament,\u201d Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. \u201cNow it remains for Parliament to deal with the issue. We look forward to becoming a member of NATO.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/12\/29\/sweden-finland-try-future-ally-path-with-turkey-in-bid-to-join-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sweden and its neighbor Finland<\/a> abandoned decades of military nonalignment and sought protection under NATO\u2019s security umbrella after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">invade Ukraine<\/a> in February 2022. Finland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2023\/04\/04\/finland-joins-nato-dealing-blow-to-russia-for-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">joined<\/a> the military alliance in April after Turkey lifted its objections to its membership, saying Helsinki had taken steps to address Ankara\u2019s security concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged Turkey to quickly ratify Sweden\u2019s membership in the military organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany allies would like to see speedy progress on this ratification,\u201d Stoltenberg told The Associated Press after chairing a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels. \u201cSweden has delivered on what they promised, and now we need the ratification of Swedish membership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erdogan had dropped his opposition to Sweden\u2019s membership at a NATO summit in Lithuania\u2019s capital in July, but still delayed sending the protocol to parliament for ratification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey lifted its opposition after U.S. President Joe Biden\u2019s administration signaled it would let Turkey buy 40 new F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits from the United States. 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