The Turkish president allowed Sweden to join NATO.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, has agreed to back Sweden's NATO admission.
The Secretary-General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, said that President Erdogan has agreed that Sweden should join the alliance, when President Erdogan and the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, met in Lithuania on Monday night.
Stoltenberg said that President Erdogan will submit Sweden's request to the Turkish Parliament for approval. Stoltenberg announced this statement just hours before the NATO summit that opens this Tuesday in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Turkey has been opposing Sweden's request since last year after it accused it of providing shelter to Turkish Kurdish PKK militants, which Turkey, the European Union, and the United States have identified as a terrorist organizations.
NATO membership requires the consent of all member states of the military alliance. Turkey appeared to be the only country that was strongly opposed to Sweden joining NATO.
Ulf Kristersson, the Prime Minister of Sweden welcomed President Erdogan's final support for the Stockholm proposal.
"I'm very happy, it's a good day for Sweden. P Minister Kristersson said.
It is not clear what Erdogan changed this, but in a joint statement, after a tripartite dialogue, it was said that Turkey and Sweden will work closely together to coordinate the fight against terrorism and promote relations. business.
Erdogan, who spoke on the phone on Sunday with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, increased the concern of Sweden, after Sweden's efforts to join NATO compared with Turkey's bid to become a member of the European Union.
However, Sweden is now feeling stable, as it prepares to become the 32nd country to join NATO. Finland became the last country to become a member of NATO, after the council officially announced its membership in Helsinki on April 4 this year.
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