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Before sweden then is allowed to open the door into nato membership. eu and nato, of course, completely separate organisations. so that was the start of the day. but at the end of the day, jens stoltenberg making that announcement, and there has been some significant reaction from several politicians who are here. joe biden welcoming it, the german foreign minister saying it's good news from vilnius and, of course, the swedish government saying it is a good day for sweden. so that seems to be one issue of membership well and truly settled. there is a little detail, though, just because recep t...

Has been finalised for finland. finland is a full member, and now president erdogan has made it clear that they are also ready to ratify sweden. our correspondent lewis vaughan jones has been following developments in vilnius. so it seems this nato�*s summit here in vilnius will be getting under way after a very significant concrete achievement. jens stoltenberg, the head of nato, announcing that turkey had agreed sweden could start the process to membership. now, why is that so significant? well, within nato, each and every member country effectively has a veto against anyone else joining. ...

Now, the bigger issue of membership, just because sweden seems like it will become a member, there is, of course, another key country, ukraine. it is not a member of nato. it wants to be. but the agreement here is that whilst there is a war going on in ukraine, it simply can'tjoin. president zelensky wants assurances from the leaders here that when the war ends, it will very, very quickly become a member of nato. so still challenges ahead of this summit. dr sue thompson, an associate professor at the national security college of australia national university says it's not quite a done deal yet...