Brussels: Turkey did not green-light Sweden’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at a three-party meeting held here, but the participants agreed to meet again next Monday in Vilnius, Lithuania, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.

The aim of Thursday’s talks between Stoltenberg and the foreign ministers of Sweden and Turkey in Brussels was to overcome Turkey’s objections to Sweden joining the alliance

Stoltenberg described the Brussels meeting as “productive” and reaffirmed that Sweden’s NATO membership is within reach. He added that he would convene a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the eve of NATO’s July 11-12 summit.