On March 22 the Riksdag, Swedish parliament, approved Sweden’s accession to NATO. Now, it's NATO's turn to review and possibly rubber-stamp the country's application.
"On Thursday, the [Turkish] parliament's foreign affairs commission will start considering Sweden's application. There is a positive environment now, and we see a constructive approach on the part of Stockholm. If there are no excesses that could affect the situation, there is hope to finalize the process by the end of the year," the source said.
In late October, Turkish Parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus signed a bill ratifying Sweden's NATO bid and submitted it to a parliamentary commission for review. The Turkish presidency later told Sputnik that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had proposed that the country's parliament ratify the protocol on Sweden's accession to NATO.