Honolulu Star Bulletin - What is currently delaying Sweden's accession to NATO?

What is currently delaying Sweden's accession to NATO?

We looks at why Sweden's NATO application has yet to be ratified by the military alliance's member states. Behind the delay, Turkey's calls for extraditing suspected militants, a demand to lift an arms embargo, and fears that ratification might provoke Russia.

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