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Swedish PM on Turkey NATO backing

Ahead of Tuesday's NATO summit in Vilnius, Turkey announced it would back Sweden joining the military alliance, after previously blocking Stockholm's application. Newshour's Razia Iqbal spoke to the Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, from the meeting in the Lithuanian capital and asked him what he thinks changed Turkey's mind.

(Picture: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands at the NATO summit in Vilnius. Credit: Reuters)

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