He is having a meeting at 3:00 pm Turkish time (2:00 pm Greek time) h Foreign Affairs Committee her Turkish National Assemblywith the subject of the agenda, among others, the approval of its inclusion Sweden in the NATO.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is expected, unexpectedly, to vote in favor, the far-right Nationalist Action Party (MHP) of Devlet Bakhceli, government partner of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has not clarified its position, while the opposition parties the Kemalist Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Meral Aksener’s Good Party (IYI) will decide their stance shortly before the vote.

The pro-Kurdish People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) is expected to vote.

If the relevant protocol is approved by the 27-member committee, it will be put in voting in the Plenary of the National Assembly and then the decision should is signed by the president Erdogan.

The issue of Sweden joining NATO was discussed during the recent telephone call conversation that Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden.

In his statements, Erdogan proposed that the approval of Sweden’s accession protocol to the Alliance be done simultaneously with the approval by the US Congress of the sale to Turkey of F-16 aircraft and modernization kits for the existing fighter fleet of the Turkish Air Force.