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President Sauli Niniisto of Finland and Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of Sweden meet with their Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of a NATO summit in Madrid in a bid to get Erdogan to drop objections to them joining the US-led defence alliance. Erdogan has refused to greenlight the applications from the Nordic pair despite calls from his NATO allies to clear the path for them to enter. IMAGES
Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, welcomes his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinistö, with an official welcoming ceremony in the Turkish capital, Ankara. The Finnish president's visit comes as the Russia-bordering Scandinavian country hopes to receive the green light from Turkey to join NATO. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron meets Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the first day of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Images show the two presidents shaking hands and posing for photos at the end of their meeting. NATO leaders grapple with Ukraine's membership ambitions, their determination to face down Russia boosted by a breakthrough in Sweden's bid to join the alliance. IMAGES
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson lands in Vilnius ahead of a landmark NATO summit at which he is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding Stockholm's accession to the US-led defence alliance. Earlier in the day, Erdogan said he would only back Sweden's NATO candidacy if the European Union resumes long-stalled membership talks with Ankara. IMAGES
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says he has convened a meeting between the leaders of Turkey and Sweden on the eve of a summit next week to push Stockholm's stalled membership bid. "On Monday, in Vilnius, I will convene a meeting with President Erdogan and Prime Minister Kristersson, as the next step in this process," Stoltenberg says after talks at NATO headquarters with foreign ministers from the two countries. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg calls on Ankara to drop its opposition to Sweden's bid to join the defence alliance, saying Stockholm has addressed Turkey's security concerns and "fulfilled its obligations". Turkey has dragged its feet over admitting Sweden into the alliance, with President Erdogan accusing the country of being a haven for "terrorists", especially members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a group blacklisted by Ankara and its Western allies. Stoltenberg explains that Sweden has progressed in "stepping up counter-terrorism cooperation, including against the PKK." SOUNDBITE
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