Turkey lists demands ahead of talks with Sweden and Finland on their NATO bids.

Turkey made a series of security-related demands of Sweden on Tuesday, a day ahead of talks between Turkish officials and delegations from Sweden and Finland in Ankara about Turkey’s opposition to their becoming NATO members.

After years of neutrality, both Finland and Sweden decided to join NATO, aiming to fortify their defenses against Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. But approval of their membership bids requires the unanimous consent of current NATO members, and the president of one — Turkey — has voiced strong objections.

“Are they coming to convince us?” the Turkish leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told reporters last week. “They shouldn’t bother.”

The Finnish and Swedish delegations are expected to meet at the presidential palace on Wednesday with Mr. Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, and a deputy Turkish foreign minister, Sedat Onal, according to Mr. Kalin’s office. Read more

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