VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Turkey's pledge to ratify Sweden's ascension into NATO may not be a swift process due to parliament's schedule, the chief foreign policy adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Nikkei Asia.
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Akif Cagatay Kilic, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's chief adviser on security and foreign policy, speaks to Nikkei Asia on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11. (Photo by Ken Moriyasu)
VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Turkey's pledge to ratify Sweden's ascension into NATO may not be a swift process due to parliament's schedule, the chief foreign policy adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Nikkei Asia.