Turkey’s president says his government will begin ratifying Finland’s bid to become a NATO member, paving the way for the country to join the security alliance after months of delays.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the announcement speaking alongside Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, saying Finland had taken “concrete steps” to address concerns over groups Turkey sees as terrorist organizations.
The move was a setback for Moscow, with the war in Ukraine triggering the kind of NATO enlargement that Russia invaded Ukraine to prevent. Turkey’s Erdogan threw in a spoke in the wheel when he said he was not looking at both countries joining NATO “positively,” accusing them of housing Kurdish “terrorist organizations.”
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