Turkey agreed to Finland’s admission to NATO as the last member country. A majority of Turkey’s lawmakers voted yesterday to include the country in the defense alliance, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
All 30 NATO members thus approved Finnish membership. On the other hand, Turkey continues to block Sweden’s admission and Hungarian ratification is still pending. However, people in Stockholm remain confident.
Finland shares a 1,340 km border with Russia. Impressed by the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, the country decided last May, together with Sweden, to apply for admission to the western defense alliance.
Finland could become NATO’s 31st member as early as next week, after Turkey’s final approval.