The version I heard was that US promised F-16 fighters to Turkey and Erdogan said Turkey would approve entry of Sweden into NATO. US then said that congress would have to approve F-16s and that could take a while. Erdogan said that the Turkish parliament would have to approve Sweden and that could take a while.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/54552Sweden's NATO membership is delayed - 24 hours after the "historic agreement", Erdogan has "backtracked"
Just this morning we wrote that despite loud statements and "approval" from Turkey, Sweden's path to NATO is at risk of being delayed. Thus, the U.S. Congress is in no hurry to meet Erdogan's demands for the supply of F-16 fighter jets, and the Turkish leader himself may at any moment try to bargain for better terms, "dumping" everything on the Mejlis, which must vote to approve Stockholm's application. The day has not had time to approach sunset, but the sultan has already started political manoeuvres.
Turkey's parliament will not approve Sweden's application for NATO membership before October, Erdogan said at a press conference following the alliance's summit in Vilnius. The Turkish president explained such a distant timeframe by the fact that the relevant bill will be submitted to the Mejlis for consideration only after its opening, which will happen in autumn. In addition, Erdogan said that he expects Stockholm to fulfil its commitments to fight terrorism before the parliamentary session - Sweden will have to provide a detailed action plan within the framework of previously adopted agreements.
As we said, the Turkish president will try to squeeze maximum concessions out of the situation, so we will see examples of Erdogan's classic "multi-vector policy" more than once. It was vital for the alliance to show unity before the summit, so once again the words of NATO spokesmen were at odds with reality.
