Turkey lifts veto over Sweden, Finland’s NATO bid.
Turkey, Finland and Sweden signed a trilateral memorandum confirming that Turkey will support the invitation of Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO at the NATO summit in Madrid on June 28-30.
According to a statement by the President of Finland Sauli Niinistö, the concrete steps of the two countries’ accession to NATO will be agreed by the NATO allies “in the next two days.”
In Spain to attend this week’s NATO summit, President Biden congratulated Finland, Sweden and Turkey for reaching an agreement which will pave the way for the Nordic countries to join the NATO alliance.
However, Turkey had initially objected to the two nations becoming part of the alliance, over counterterrorism concerns.
On Twitter, Biden said, “Congratulations to Finland, Sweden, and Turkey on signing a trilateral memorandum – a crucial step towards a NATO invite to Finland and Sweden, which will strengthen our Alliance and bolster our collective security – and a great way to begin the Summit.”
