Moscow, which shares a 1,300 km border with Finland, has said it would be a mistake for Helsinki to join the 30\u002Dstrong transatlantic alliance and that it would…
Moscow, which shares a 1,300 km border with Finland, has said it would be a mistake for Helsinki to join the 30-strong transatlantic alliance and that it would harm bilateral ties.
Niinisto called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday to tell him of Finland’s plans to join the alliance. Putin said such a move would hurt Russian-Finnish relations. Turkey’s foreign minister said on Sunday that Sweden and Finland must stop supporting terrorist groups in their countries, provide clear security guarantees and lift export bans on Turkey as they seek membership in NATO.
“There absolutely needs to be security guarantees here. They need to stop supporting terrorist organizations,” Cavusoglu told Turkish reporters in Berlin. He added that Swedish and Finnish bans on exporting of some of their defense sector goods to Turkey must end. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan surprised NATO allies and the Nordic countries on Friday when he said Turkey could not support the enlargement plans given they were “home to many terrorist organizations,” but his spokesperson told Reuters on Saturday that Turkey had not shut the door.
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