With eye on US, Turkey in no rush to back Sweden's NATO bid
Turkey is willing to hold off ratifying Sweden's bid to join NATO this month as it awaits signs of US support for its own request to buy F-16 jets, sources said, potentially disappointing bloc allies hoping to end 17 months of delay.
President Tayyip Erdogan elated a NATO summit in July by promising to send the bid to Turkey's parliament for ratification when it reopened in October, appearing to green-light Sweden after having raised objections over its alleged harbouring of terrorists.
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