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Erdogan says signals from US,

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Tuesday as saying that positive developments on the U.S. sale of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara, and on Canada’s arms embargo, would help Turkey’s parliament move toward ratifying Sweden’s NATO membership bid.
After long-time non-alignment, Sweden and Finland asked to join NATO last year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
But NATO member Turkey raised objections over what it said was the two countries’ protection of groups that Ankara deems terrorists.
Turkey endorsed Finland’s membership bid in April but, along with Hungary, it has kept Sweden waiting.
Turkey asked in October 2021 to buy 40 Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 fighters and 79 modernisation kits for its existing warplanes.