U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the importance of Sweden’s NATO membership application during talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports France24. U.S. Secretary of State is on a week-long working visit to the Middle East, during which he visited Türkiye. Blinken held talks with Erdogan and the country’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. The State Department stated that the head of the State Department and the Turkish leader discussed issues related to the completion of Sweden’s accession to NATO, strengthening trade and investments between the United States and T…