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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lolita C. Baldor

BIZARRE: Austin hopes turkey will act on sweden nato bid before july - You Need To See This

FREDRIK SANDBERG

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday it's important that Turkey makes its decision to allow Sweden to join NATO “sooner versus later,” and said he “feels confident” it will happen before the alliance summit in July.

He declined, however, to say whether a recent U.S. deal to provide fighter jet upgrades to Turkey will provide enough incentive for Ankara to finally vote.

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