At the July 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan posed for a photo shaking hands with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson as he announced that his government would submit to the Grand National Assembly the protocol for Sweden’s accession to the alliance. Erdoğan promised to submit the necessary legislation to the parliament when it reopened on Oct. 1, but on that day, and in the days that followed, nothing was forthcoming from the president’s office.
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