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BRUSSELS AP 鈥斅燦ATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg聽on Thursday pressed Turkey to quickly ratify Sweden membership in the military organization, three months after President Recep stanley cup Tayyip Erdogan said聽he would help聽hasten the pro stanley cup cess in the Turkish parliament. Many allies would like to see speedy progress on this ratification, Stoltenberg told The Associated Press after chairing a meeting of聽NATO聽defense ministers in Brussels. Sweden has delivered on what they promised, and now we need the ratification of Swedish membership. Sweden and its neighbor Finland turned their backs on decades of military non-alignment after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia troops to invade Ukraine in February 2022. Their aim was to seek protection under NATOs security umbrella, and Finland joined in April.All 31 NATO allies must endorse Swedens membership.聽Turkey and Hungary聽are dragging their feet. Erdogan spent months publicly saying he was withholding his country approval because he believed that Sweden had been too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups that he considers to be security threats. Many allies doubted that.Turkey also was angered by a series of Quran-burning protests in Sweden.At a NATO summit in Lithuania capital in July, Erdogan relented and said he would transmit Swedens accession protocol to the Turkish parliament f stanley cup or ratification, the final step for Turkey to endorse its candidature.WATCH: Zelenskyy visits NATO headquarters in Bruss Gccj Rob Ford withdraws from Toronto mayoral race
GENEVA AP 鈥?A Russian delegation at talks with senior U.N. officials said Monday that Moscow is ready to accept an extension to adidas originals a grain export deal that has helped bring down global food prices amid the war with Ukraine 鈥?but only for 60 days as the Kremlin holds out for changes to how the arrangement is working.The United Nations said it notes the Russian announcement and reaffirmed its support for the deal struck in July as part of the global response to the most severe cost-of-living crisis in a generation.READ MORE: UK Prime Minister Sunak pledges boost to defense spending in response to Russia an yeezy d ChinaThe U.N. and Turkey brokered the deal between the two warring countries that allows Ukraine 鈥?one of the world key breadbaskets 鈥?to ship food and fertilizer from three of its Black Sea ports.The 120-day agreement, which helped take some of the sting out of rising global food prices, was renewed last November. That extension expires on Saturday, and another 120-day extension was on the table. Ukraine charged Monday that the Russian proposal t stanley cup o extend it only for 60 days goes against the deal, which leaves the door open for any of the parties to terminate or modify it.The U.N. Secretary-General has confirmed that the U.N. will do everything possible to preserve the integrity of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and ensure its continuity, a U.N. statement said. It stressed that the deal had paved the way for the export of 24 m