Sweden would be officially admitted to NATO by November following Turkey’s decision to stop blocking the Scandanavian country’s accession.
In a letter on Tuesday to the current members of the defense alliance, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said a meeting of foreign ministers would hold on November 28 and 29.
Sweden originally hoped to join NATO as early as the summer of 2022.
However, until the beginning of this week the country’s admission was blocked by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
He accused Sweden of lacking commitment to combat “terrorist organizations” such as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
However, after concessions by Sweden, Erdoğan announced on Monday that he would allow the Turkish parliament to ratify the so-called accession protocol.
It was initially unclear when the parliament would vote on the Swedish proposal because it has to be approved by the Commission for External Relations before the National Assembly can discuss it.
In addition, Hungary must also formally agree to Sweden’s accession.
Sweden, together with Finland, decided to apply for NATO membership after a long period of military non-alignment in response to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Finland was admitted to NATO on April 4 this year as the alliance’s 31st member.
