NATO leaders will formally invite Finland and Sweden to join the alliance tomorrow after Turkey agrees on an agreement to drop its objections, said NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.

“I am pleased to announce that we now have an agreement that paves the way for Finland and Sweden to join NATO,” he told reporters alongside a NATO summit in Madrid.

“Turkey, Finland and Sweden have signed a memorandum addressing Turkey’s concerns, including on arms exports and the fight against terrorism,” he added.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said the country “got what it wanted” from Sweden and Finland before agreeing to support their efforts to join NATO.

“Turkey has made significant progress in the fight against terrorist organizations,” the Turkish statement said, adding: “Turkey got what it wanted.”

The two Nordic countries agreed to “fully cooperate with Turkey in its fight against the PKK” and other Kurdish militant groups, the statement said.

They have also agreed to lift their embargoes on arms deliveries to Turkey, which were imposed in response to Ankara’s military invasion of Syria in 2019.

The two countries will ban “collection and recruitment activities” for Kurdish militants, and “prevent terrorist propaganda against Turkey,” Erdogan’s office said.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has waged a decades-long uprising against the Turkish state, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

The PKK is designated as a terrorist organization by Ankara and most of its Western allies.

But the group’s Syrian offshoot, the YPG, has been a key player in the US-led international alliance against the Islamic State group in Syria.