NATO summit: No Ukraine entry timeline, Turkey backs Sweden
13 July 2023 |
2:38 pm
NATO members have said they want Ukraine in the alliance when the time is right, as Turkey drops its opposition to Swedish accession on day one of two-day summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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