"I'm confident that Sweden will become a full member. And it's possible that that can happen by the NATO summit in Vilnius next month..." said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenebrg in an interview with PBS TV channel, APA reports.
"But I cannot guarantee that. What I can say is that I met President Erdogan recently in connection with the inauguration. We had a very good meeting. And we agreed to convene what we call the Permanent Mechanism, which was something we established last year between Finland, Sweden and Türkiye. They're actually meeting this week in Türkiye with NATO to address the differences that still exist to ensure that we make progress on making Sweden a full member of our alliance.
Sweden has come a long way, because all allies invited them also Türkiye last year at our summit in Madrid. And, since then, they have obtained a status that makes them now integrating more and more into NATO structure and at the NATO table. But we need full ratification. And we're working hard to make that happen as soon as possible," Stoltenberg said.
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