Turkey's Erdoğan agrees to back NATO plans for Baltic, says Lithuania

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to back NATO's defence plans for Poland and the Baltic states, Lithuania's president said on Wednesday.

"This is a huge achievement not only for our country, but for the whole region, because it ensures security of our citizens," Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said in a statement.

Turkey had previously said it would oppose NATO's plan unless the alliance accepted Turkey's designation of certain groups as terrorists, including the YPG terror group.