NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the approval on Tuesday, December 26, by the Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee of Sweden’s application to join the North Atlantic Alliance, reports AFP. Stoltenberg’s response comes after the key Turkish parliamentary committee gave the green light to Stockholm’s application, marking the end of Türkiye’s months-long hesitation in the process of Sweden’s accession to the Alliance. “I welcome the vote by the Turkish parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership,” Stoltenberg stated. He also urged Türkiye an…