Turkey approves Finnish membership in NATO. It was clear after the parliament voted on Thursday evening. “This will make the entire NATO family stronger and safer,” writes the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Twitter. On Thursday, the Turkish parliament said yes to Finland’s NATO membership, the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat reports. During Thursday, the parliament dealt with several important issues, which caused the vote to take longer. At 11 p.m. it was clear that the parliament would vote yes. The newspaper writes that all 276 members who voted chose to vote yes. Iltalehti writes that both Hungary’s and Turkey’s ratification must now be handed over to Washington before Finland becomes a member. The process can take up to a few weeks, according to the paper. “The NATO family becomes safer” After the decision, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter that he is happy that the ratification is complete. “This will make the entire NATO family stronger and safer,” he writes. On March 17, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that it is ready to approve Finland, but not Sweden. Sweden and Finland simultaneously applied last year to join NATO and were jointly invited this summer. The ambition was to go hand in hand through the entire ratification process. Neither Turkey nor Hungary has ratified the Swedish application. So far, no dates have been set for when the decisions can be made, TT reports.
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Clear: Turkey says yes to Finland’s NATO application
