The Turkish parliamentary commission approved Finland’s proposal to join NATO -TRT Haber | – #Turkish #parliamentary #commission #approved #Finlands #proposal #join #NATO #TRT #Haber
ANKARA, March 23 (Reuters) – Turkey the foreign relations commission of the parliament of Finland NATOwho confirms his desire to become a member law approved the project. State television TRT Haber reported about this on Thursday.
Parliament General Assembly still law needs to approve the project, and it will be held in mid-April, on May 14 parliament and the president is expected to close on the eve of the elections.
President It’s Thai Erdogan during the visit of Finnish colleague Sauli Niinisto to Turkey last week of parliament of Helsinki NATOsaid that he would ratify his membership.
However Erdogan of Sweden NATOhas stopped confirming its claim to membership, and Ankara says its crackdown on people it considers terrorists has not gone far enough. Last year, three countries signed a pact on this issue.
Finland and Sweden applied for NATO membership after Russia invaded Ukraine last February. The parliaments of all 30 NATO members must ratify the newcomers.
Judge except for Hungary, whose party has expressed support for the two Nordic proposals but has delayed formal steps to ratify them; Turkey is the only NATO member that has not given the green light yet.
Finland’s membership 20 of North Macedonia20It will represent the first expansion since joining the alliance in .
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2023-03-23 18:56:47
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