The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission approved a bill Thursday that ratifies Finland’s bid to join NATO. Deputy Foreign Minister Burak Akcapar briefed the parliamentarians on the ...
The two ultimately relented and Finland was accepted as NATO's 31st member in April. Turkey and Hungary remain the only North Atlantic Treaty Organization members left to ratify Sweden's bid 19 ...
All 276 lawmakers present voted in favor of Finland’s bid, days after Hungary’s parliament also endorsed Helsinki’s accession. Alarmed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Finland ...
ANKARA — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Friday as he seeks to woo Turkish support to become the next NATO chief. Erdogan is ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, right, arrives for a meeting of the European Political Community at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) ...
Sweden's joining NATO would strengthen the alliance's position around the Baltic Sea, which is also Russia’s point of access to St. Petersburg and the Kaliningrad enclave. Sweden has a modern ...
ANKARA--Turkey finalized the ratification of Sweden's membership in NATO on Thursday, bringing the previously nonaligned Nordic country a step closer to joining the military alliance. Hungary now ...
The two ultimately relented and Finland was accepted as NATO's 31st member in April. Turkey and Hungary remain the only North Atlantic Treaty Organization members left to ratify Sweden's bid 19 ...
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish legislators on Tuesday endorsed Sweden’s membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country’s entry into the military alliance.
Turkish legislators have endorsed Sweden’s Nato membership, paving the way for the previously nonaligned country’s entry into the military alliance. The legislators ratified Sweden’s ...