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FILE - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens to questions during a news conference following a tripartite meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in Antalya, Turkey, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Lavrov is scheduled Wednesday, June 8, 2022 to hold talks with Turkish officials on a plan that would allow Ukraine to export its grain through the Black Sea to global markets amid an escalating food crisis. (AP Photo, File)

Russia open to Ukraine grain exports but demands conditions

By Ayse Wieting and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson holds a press conference in the Parliament after the no-confidence vote against Sweden's Justice Minister Morgan Johansson, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The abstention by an independent Iranian-born lawmaker on Tuesday allowed the survival of Johansson and by default Andersson's minority government — only three months before next general elections and at a time when Sweden has filed a NATO application which Turkey opposes. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Swedish government survives key vote amid troubled NATO bid

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stands with a military honour guard, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Cavusoglu sent a letter to the U.N. formally requesting that his country be referred to as &quot;Türkiye,&quot; the state-run news agency reported. The move is seen as part of a push by Ankara to rebrand the country and dissociate its name from the bird, turkey, and some negative connotations that are associated with it. Anadolu Agency said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman to U.N. Secretary General, confirmed late on Wednesday that the name change had become effective &quot;from the moment&quot; the letter was received. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey formally requests name change in letter to U.N.

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FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference, in Ankara, Turkey on May 14, 2022. Within a two-week span, Turkey's president has caused a stir by throwing a wrench in Sweden and Finland's historic bid to join the NATO alliance, lashed out at NATO-ally Greece and announced plans for a new incursion into Syria. The Turkish leader appears to be using Turkey's power to veto NATO's expansion as an opportunity to air a variety of grievances against the Western nations and to force them to take action against Kurdish militants and other groups that Turkey views as terrorists.( AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Erdogan, Putin discuss Turkey’s Syria incursion plans, Ukraine war

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a Turkish Technology and Aviation festival, held abroad for the first time, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (Turkish Presidency via AP)

Turkey’s Erdogan still against Finnish, Swedish NATO bids

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu scratches his head during an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers' session in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

NATO: Turkey urges ‘concrete steps’ from Sweden, Finland

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a joint statement with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Malki in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

In West Bank, Turkish FM pledges support for Palestinians

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Illustration on Turkey’s behavior in NATO by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Turkey: NATO’s problem child

By Clifford D. May

In this photo made available by the Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 20, 2022. (Turkish Presidency via AP) **FILE**

Erdogan raises concerns on Finland, Sweden NATO membership in calls with countries’ leaders

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A serviceman of Donetsk People's Republic militia stands guard not far from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo)

Live updates |Congress approves $40B aid package to Ukraine

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President of Finland Sauli Niinisto, left, and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson attend a joint news conference in Stockholm, Tuesday May 17, 2022. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Biden affirms support to Finland, Sweden for NATO

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Villagers walk past unexploded artillery shells as they collect scrap metal from a bombed warehouse in the village of Malaya Rohan, Kharkiv region, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger

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Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after they were evacuated from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant, near a remand prison in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. More than 260 fighters, some severely wounded, were pulled from a steel plant on Monday that is the last redoubt of Ukrainian fighters in the city and transported to two towns controlled by separatists, officials on both sides said. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

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Swedish Minister of Foreígn Affairs Ann Linde poses for photographers as she signs Sweden's application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Stockholm, Tuesday, May 17 2022. Sweden's decision to seek NATO membership follows a similar decision by neighboring Finland, a historic shift for the countries, which have been nonaligned for generations. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)

Nordic NATO bids move forward, but Turkey could derail deal

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Jose Manuel Albares, left, Foreign Minister of Spain, Jean Asselborn, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, background left, and Mevlut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister of Turkey, arrive for the first session at the meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May 15, 2022. The main topic of the informal consultations of the NATO foreign ministers is the war in Ukraine. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/AP via Pool)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

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Mehmet Oz takes part in a forum for Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., April 2, 2022. Millionaire candidates and billionaire investors are harnessing their considerable personal wealth to try to win competitive Republican primaries for open U.S. Senate seats in Pennsylvania and Ohio. In Pennsylvania, three multimillionaire candidates, including TV's Dr. Mehmet Oz, report loaning their campaigns over $20 million combined. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Mehmet Oz’s ties to Turkey attacked in Pennsylvania’s Senate race

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

FILE - Mehmet Oz takes part in a forum for Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., April 2, 2022. Millionaire candidates and billionaire investors are harnessing their considerable personal wealth to try to win competitive Republican primaries for open U.S. Senate seats in Pennsylvania and Ohio. In Pennsylvania, three multimillionaire candidates, including TV's Dr. Mehmet Oz, report loaning their campaigns over $20 million combined. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

The Wizard of Oz: ‘Pay No Attention to the Dictator Behind the Senator’

By Aram Suren Hamparian

People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 2, 2020, marking the two-year anniversary of his death. In a surprise development, the prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi requested Thursday March 31, 2022, that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case be transferred to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

Turkey suspends trial of Saudi suspects in Khashoggi killing

By Ayse Wieting and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 2, 2020, marking the two-year anniversary of his death. In a surprise development, the prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi requested Thursday March 31, 2022, that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case be transferred to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

Turkey to OK Khashoggi murder trial’s move to Saudi Arabia

By Suzan Fraser

In this image taken from a video provided by the Turkish Presidency, Russian Roman Abramovich, center, listens to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the Russian and Ukrainian delegations meeting for talks in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Erdogan called for a cease-fire as the Russian and Ukrainian delegations resumed their two days of talks in Istanbul. (Turkish Presidency via AP)

Sanctioned oligarch Abramovich seen at Russia-Ukraine talks

By Mehmet Guzel and Mike Corder - Associated Press