Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said he would try to facilitate the parliamentary ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership as much as possible, but added that Stockholm had still not taken sufficient action on Kurdish militants.
Erdogan submitted a bill approving Sweden’s NATO membership bid to parliament for ratification last month, a move welcomed by the alliance and Stockholm after Turkey had initially raised objections due to what it said was Sweden’s harbouring of groups it deems terrorist.
Erdogan said Stockholm had taken some steps regarding protests organised by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and also concerning arms embargoes on Turkey, but not on the activities of the PKK in Sweden.
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