Politics

Turkish lawmakers have consented to Sweden’s bid to join military alliance having delayed it for over a year

The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee has given its consent to Sweden’s bid to join Nato, drawing the previously non-aligned country closer to membership in the western military alliance.

Sweden’s accession protocol will now need to be approved in the Turkish parliament’s general assembly for the last stage of the legislative process in Turkey. No date has been set.

Turkey, a Nato member, has delayed ratification of Sweden’s membership for more than a year, accusing …