Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said Sunday he is optimistic his country will eventually join NATO, but he conceded that Turkey has a “different opinion” over a key security-related dispute between the two sides that is holding up the process.
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said Sunday he is optimistic his country will eventually join NATO, but he conceded that Turkey has a “different opinion” over a key security-related dispute between the two sides that is holding up the process.
The SDF has been the chief U.S. partner in the years-long fight against the terror group the Islamic State in Syria. Sweden in particular is home to a large community of Kurdish exiles. Turkish officials said they got what they wanted from the agreement, which reportedly included commitments by Sweden and Finland to “take concrete steps” on the extradition of alleged terrorists back to Turkey.
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