Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed his willingness to meet with the new Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson.
The latter, the day before, had declared that he was ready to travel to Turkey to get the green light from Ankara for his country’s entry into NATO.
Turkish media reported the news. Erdogan expressed his readiness in a statement made during his return from Azerbaijan.
Kristersson took office only a few days ago, forming a minority government that will be assisted by far-right members of Parliament.
The Nordic country’s interest in becoming a NATO member arose after Russia launched its aggression against Ukraine in February of this year.
But the head of the Turkish state initially expressed his reservations, with the argument that Sweden maintains in its territory exponents of the Gülenist movement, considered a terrorist organization by Ankara.
Meanwhile, another country aiming for membership in the Alliance, but facing the same problem as Sweden, is Finland.
The country in question shares a long border line with Russia and after the invasion of Ukraine advanced the claim, saying goodbye to neutral status.