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Video. Turkey set to block Sweden's NATO bid after Quran burning

Updated: 29/01/2023 - 6:24 GMT+1

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told Sweden not to expect his backing for its bid to join NATO after Swedish police allowed a Quran to be burned by a protestor outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.

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