Turkey's Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has said: "It is Turkey's most legitimate right to take steps in this direction to protect our border security."

While Turkey stressed the importance of the "fight against terrorism" and "Syria's territorial integrity," the White House said the existing lines of ceasefire should be maintained.

Israel's National Security Council has warned its citizens about traveling to Turkey citing Iran's blaming Israel for the assassination of a colonel.

The war in Ukraine and Sweden's NATO membership bid may affect Stockholm's assessment on arms sales, a senior official of an agency responsible for Sweden's arms exports.

After the nationalist party leader's statements on withdrawal from NATO, the main opposition CHP's leader has said, "If that is easy, let them bring shutting down of the US bases in Turkey to the parliamentary agenda."

The two leaders also spoke about the Russia-Ukraine war, according to an official statement.

FM Çavuşoğlu has spoken about Turkey's plans for a new offensive into northern Syria.

Turkey hosted delegations from the two countries to discuss their NATO membership bid.

According to data from the Statistical Office of the European Union, exports of waste from the EU to non-EU countries reached 33.0 million tonnes in 2021 and Turkey is the largest destination for waste exported from the EU, with a volume of around 14.7 million tonnes.

Journalists and writers from Sweden have issued a joint statement after Turkey demanded the extradition of some political exiles who took refuge in Sweden: "Do not hand over publishers who escaped from oppression in Turkey."

Turkey has opposed the membership of the two countries, accusing them of tolerating and supporting "terrorists."

Minister Çavuşoğlu has met with Lapid a day after his meetings in Palestine. Israel'S FM has welcomed a "new chapter" in bilateral relations.