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No breakthrough in NATO-Turkey talks about Sweden joining

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( ) -q-24- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “candidate’s accession protocol.”

NATO Secretary-General Jens (yenz) Stoltenberg says representatives from Turkey and Sweden will meet this coming week to try to bridge their differences about the Nordic country joining the military alliance.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Stoltenberg said he and Erdogan agreed that Turkish and Swedish officials “should meet again in the week starting on June 12.

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VERBATIM: Stoltenberg made no breakthrough on the membership impasse during meetings with President Erdogan and other senior Turkish officials over the weekend. NATO wants to bring Sweden into the fold by the time allied leaders meet in Lithuania on July 11 and 12. Turkey and Hungary have yet to endorse the move. All 31 member countries must ratify a candidate’s accession protocol.

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