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Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (L) and Oscar Stenström, a chief negotiator in the NATO process, hold a press briefing in Stockholm, Sweden, March 14, 2023.

Video. What is stalling Sweden’s accession to NATO?

Updated: 01/06/2023 - 9:00 GMT+2

Euronews looks at why Sweden's NATO application has yet to be ratified by the military alliance's member states. Behind the delay, Turkey's calls for extraditing suspected militants, a demand to lift an arms embargo, and fears that ratification might provoke Russia.

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