CNN —NATO officials are in a race against time to avoid the embarrassment of seeing the alliance miss its own stated aim of admitting Sweden to the alliance by July 11.
Sweden has a permanent delegation at NATO and is considered a close partner to the alliance, meaning joining should be relatively straightforward.
The second is that Turkey isn’t the only fly in the ointment: Hungary also objects to Sweden joining NATO.
Sweden joining NATO would be the latest in a long list of good news stories for the alliance since Russia invaded Ukraine.
That’s precisely why officials are so concerned about Turkey vetoing Sweden’s accession on NATO’s own timetable.
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