Jens Stoltenberg

POZAREVAC - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he expected to meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the coming days.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (R) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C) ahead of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE/Henrik Montgomery

VILNIUS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday in Vilnius he was in regular contact with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and ready to meet with him.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan has agreed to submit the protocol for Sweden's accession to NATO to the parliament in Ankara for ratification as soon as possible.

This was announced in Vilnius by the Secretary General of the Pact, Jens Stoltenberg, after a meeting with Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

Türkiye agreed on July 10 to allow Sweden to join NATO, setting the stage for the allies to showcase their unity at a summit focused on supporting Ukraine against Russia's invasion.

Hailing a "historic day," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday evening that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed - after marathon trilateral consultations with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the eve of the Alliance's Summit - to proceed to forward the Nordic country's accession protocol to the North Atlantic Alliance for ratification by the Turkish parl

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced today that the process of ratifying Sweden's application for membership in the Alliance will begin.
"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made it clear that Turkey is ready to ratify Sweden's membership," Stoltenberg said at a press conference, reports Swedish public service SVT.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to forward to parliament Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, on the eve of a NATO summit in Vilnius.

Türkiye has demanded the resumption of the full membership talks with the European Union to consider the accession of Sweden into NATO, a day before the critical alliance's leaders' summit in Vilnius.