Turkey tells NATO that Sweden won’t join by next week’s meeting.

According to two people aware of the situation, Turkey has told NATO that the confirmation of Sweden’s membership application will not be completed in time to facilitate the country’s accession ceremony at a meeting of alliance foreign ministers the following week. This information was disclosed on Wednesday.

The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs panel postponed a vote on Sweden’s application to join NATO to undertake additional discussions on the topic. This decision was made one week ago.

According to one of the sources, the commission would most likely pick up the discussion on the issue on Tuesday or Wednesday. On those two days, November 28 and 29, foreign ministers from NATO will convene in Brussels for a summit that some members of the Western defense bloc had anticipated would commemorate Sweden’s admission to the alliance.

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

After Russia invaded Ukraine in May of 2016, Sweden and Finland both submitted membership applications to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

At the time, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced his opposition to both demands based on what he saw to be the Nordic countries’ protection of individuals that Turkey considers to be terrorists, as well as their defense trade embargoes. In April, Turkey supported Finland’s candidacy for EU membership, while Sweden is still waiting.

Turkey has requested that Sweden take more measures to rein in local members of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), which is recognized as a terrorist organization by both the European Union and the United States.

In retaliation, Stockholm proposed a new anti-terrorism law that would make it unlawful to be a member of a terrorist organization, in addition to removing limitations on the transfer of guns to Turkey. It claims it has abided by the contract terms executed the previous year.

Before the complete Turkish parliament can vote on the law, it must receive approval from the Turkish Foreign Affairs Commission. This vote, which might occur a few days or weeks later, is required for ratification. After that, Erdogan would sign it into law, which would end the process, the duration of which has irritated Ankara’s friends and put its connections with the West to the test.

Turkey is often regarded as the most significant obstacle to Sweden’s admittance to NATO, even though another NATO member, Hungary, has also declined to ratify Sweden’s membership.