Finnish president optimistic Turkey will ratify Finland’s NATO application

HELSINKI, 05 November 2022, (TON): Finnish president Sauli Niinisto is optimistic Turkey will ratify Finland’s application to join NATO, he told reporters.

Niinisto told a joint news conference “I’m optimistic that at the end Turkey will ratify our membership, I hope it takes place as soon as possible.”

Finland and neighboring Sweden applied for membership of the defense alliance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The process has been prolonged by negotiations between Finland, Sweden and Turkey after Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan claimed the Nordic countries support groups Turkey deems terrorists.

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