Turkiye, Sweden to hold first security talks since NATO entry, says Turkish source 

Turkiye and Sweden will hold their first meeting on Wednesday addressing a security pact that the sides agreed upon in order to ensure Ankara’s approval of Stockholm’s NATO membership bid, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Tuesday. Reuters has reported that the meeting will take place during a visit to Ankara by Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, and it carried “special importance” in terms of improving cooperation on terrorism, said the source. Sweden joined NATO in March. Turkiye approved Sweden’s bid to join the military alliance in January after a more than year-long delay over concerns about Sweden’s stance on groups and individuals that Ankara designates as terrorists, and over an arms embargo that Stockholm later lifted. As part […]