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President Erdogan says Turkey will start ratifying Finland’s NATO application
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday approved Finland’s accession to NATO after months of talks. “We have decided to initiate the ratification of Finland’s accession process to NATO in our parliament,” Erdogan said in Ankara, according to a Reuters translation, as he met his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto. Erdogan added that he hoped the Turkish parliament would endorse Finland’s bid before the country’s May 14 elections. In May, Finland and Sweden sent applications to join the military alliance. They decided to put an end to their policies of neutrality and military non-alignment in ... (full story)