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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is withdrawing his country's longstanding opposition to Sweden's NATO bid, paving the way for the Nordic country to join the military alliance and sending a powerful message about its unity on the eve of the summit that begins Tuesday in Lithuania. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that Erdogan has agreed to send Sweden’s NATO accession protocol to the Turkish Parliament “as soon as possible” after both held talks with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. “Completing Sweden's accession to NATO is an historic step that benefits the security of all NATO allies at this critical time,'' Stoltenberg said. "It makes us all stronger and safer.” Erdogan's sudden change of heart came as a surprise not only because Turkey had objected to Sweden's membership since last year, claiming the Swedes were sympathetic to Kurdish militants Ankara considers a threat to national security, but also because earl