NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Turkey�s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to send Sweden�s NATO accession protocol to the Turkish Parliament �as soon as possible.�

Stoltenberg made the announcement after talks with Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the eve of a NATO summit in Lithuania.

Sweden�s NATO accession has been held up by objections from Turkey since last year.

(AP)