Turkey’s Erdoğan says he supports Finland’s accession to NATO
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said Friday that his government would move forward with ratifying Finland’s NATO application, paving the way for the country to join the military bloc ahead of Sweden.
“When it comes to fulfilling its pledges in the trilateral memorandum of understanding, we have seen that Finland has taken authentic and concrete steps,” Erdogan told a news conference in Ankara following his meeting with Niinisto. Erdogan suggested Wednesday that his country might take up Finland’s accession following Niinisto’s trip.
A series of separate demonstrations in Stockholm, including a protest by an anti-Islam activist who burned the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy, also angered Turkish officials. Niinisto arrived in Turkey on Thursday and toured areas affected by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that killed more than 52,000 people in Turkey and Syria last month.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Turkey's president says he will back Finland's NATO bidISTANBUL (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said Friday that his government would move forward with ratifying Finland’s NATO application, paving the way for the country to join the military bloc ahead of Sweden.
Read more »
Turkey plans to ratify Finland's NATO bid ahead of May polls -sourcesTurkey's parliament will 'highly likely' ratify Finland's NATO accession bid before it closes in mid-April, two Turkish officials told Reuters on Wednesday, a day before Finnish President Sauli Niinisto visits the country.
Read more »
Erdogan hints Turkey may ratify Finland’s NATO membershipTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested Wednesday that his country may soon ratify Finland’s application to join NATO, allowing for the possibility of the country joining the military alliance separately from Sweden.
Read more »
Turkey expected to back Finland for NATO membership, snub SwedenTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has played spoiler for much of the past 10 months.
Read more »
Finland One Step Closer to NATO Membership as Turkey Backs BidNATO’s 30 member states must unanimously approve any new entries into the organization, with Hungary now the only remaining member which has refused to ratify Finland’s application.
Read more »
Posts share doctored image of 'South Korean president with NATO leaders'Korean-language social media posts have repeatedly shared a doctored image of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol apparently standing at the centre of a group photo of NATO heads of state at the Madrid summit in June 2022. The posts suggested NATO purposefully placed Yoon in the centre to celebrate him 'as a key global leader'. Yoon, however, has replaced NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the manipulated photo. Yoon was separately photographed at the summit with four other Indo-Pacific leaders who attended as observers.
Read more »