The Turkish Parliament takes the first step to approve Sweden’s entry into NATO

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Turkish Parliament this Tuesday gave its approval to the entry of Sweden in the NATOa step prior to the vote in the plenary session, scheduled for January 16, necessary to ratify access.

The proposal to admit Sweden in the NATO was presented by the AKPthe party that governs Türkiye since 2002, and received votes in favor of its coalition partner, the ultranationalist MHPand the social democratic CHP, the largest opposition party.

AKP and MHP together they maintain the absolute majority in Parliament, so the approval of the entry of Swedenonce the president of the country, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gives the relevant order to his deputies.

The nationalist IYI party, split from the MHP and part of the opposition bloc voted against it today, according to the Turkish network NTV. The DEM, the progressive and pro-kudo party, was absent from the vote.

The Commission It is made up of 27 deputies from various parties, who must examine whether the motions submitted to Parliament comply with the law, before sending them to the Plenary.

The motion is expected to go to the general vote on January 16, according to the aforementioned network.

Türkiye and Hungary They are the last two countries that have not yet approved the admission of the Nordic country.

In recent weeks, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has linked that approval to the agreement with USA to sell F-16 fighter-bombers to Turkey, a transaction planned for years, but blocked by the US Congress.

“All of this is related. If the positive advances that we expect from both the United States on the F-16 issue and Canada Regarding his promises, I believe that our Parliament will also accelerate its positive opinion“Erdogan said a week ago, after speaking by phone with his American counterpart, Joe Biden.