By Huseyin Hayatsever
November 16, 20238:32 AM PST
Parliament's foreign affairs commission will hold further talks on Sweden's membership bill as soon as next week. If it ultimately backs the bill, as expected, Turkey's full general assembly would hold a vote, possibly within days or weeks.
NATO foreign ministers will meet in Brussels on Nov. 28-29. Hungary has also not yet ratified Sweden's bid.
The speaker of Turkey's parliament - where Erdogan's alliance has a strong majority - told his Swedish counterpart on Tuesday they were hoping to complete ratification "as soon as possible."
Since submitting the bill to parliament in October, Erdogan has said he will try to facilitate ratification but added that Stockholm still hadn't taken enough action against Kurdish militants.
Israel's war against the militant group Hamas in Gaza could strain U.S.-Turkish ties and complicate NATO enlargement, analysts say.
After Erdogan said Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands, 47 U.S. Congress members urged the administration to hold Turkey accountable for its role in supporting Hamas.
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