NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the three nations agreed to protect each other’s security, ending a weeks-long drama that tested allied unity against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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“Our foreign ministers signed a trilateral memorandum which confirms that Turkey will… support the invitation of Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO,” Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said in a statement. “Key memorandum just reached between Sweden, Finland and Türkyie. Paves way for Swedish accession to NATO,” Ms. Andersson said in a Twitter post.The resolution of the deadlock solidifies the alliance’s response to Russia — particularly in the Baltic Sea, where Finnish and Swedish membership would give NATO military superiority.
Mr. Stoltenberg said the terms of the deal involved Sweden intensifying work on Turkish extradition requests of suspected militants and amending Swedish and Finnish law to toughen their approach to them.Turkey has raised serious concerns that Sweden has been harboring what it says are militants from the banned Kurdistan Workers Party , which took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984. Stockholm denies the accusation.
Mr. Biden, in public comments with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and King Felipe of Spain, stressed the alliance’s unity, saying NATO was “as galvanized as I believe it’s ever been.”
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