Despite Fence-Mending, Turkey Squawks Over NATO Expansion

Ankara is demanding that the Swedes do more to rein in Kurdish groups that Ankara sees as a threat to its security.

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Secretary Blinken and Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, meet at the state department January 18, 2023. Leah Millis/pool via AP

Washington and Ankara on Wednesday looked to brush aside differences that have strained relations for years, but were unable to report progress in resolving disagreements over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the expansion of NATO.

At Washington, Secretary Blinken and the visiting Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, sought to bridge those gaps, but there was no immediate sign that they had, even though both men lauded the partnership between their countries.

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