Sweden proposes security law seeking Turkey's backing for NATO bid

FILE PHOTO: A Turkish flag flies next to NATO logo at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish government will send an anti-terrorism bill to parliament on Thursday hoping to persuade NATO member Turkey to lift objections to Sweden joining the U.S.-led defence pact.

The new law, work on which started in 2017 after a truck was driven into crowds in Stockholm killing five people, would criminalise "the participation in a terrorist organisation", the government said.