Turkey approves Sweden's bid to join NATO

Turkey approves Sweden's bid to join NATO
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Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at last signed a bill approving Sweden's bid to join NATO and sent it to parliament for ratification. 

Once Turkey’s legislature passes the bill Hungary will be the only nato country yet to approve Sweden’s application. nato’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, 

hopes all this can be done in time for a big meeting in late November. Separately, Mr Erdogan described Hamas as a “liberation group”.



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