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Turkey favours approving Finland's NATO bid before Sweden's

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Ankara says Finland's NATO bid is "less problematic" than Sweden's after Turkey accused the government in Stockholm of enabling groups it deems as terror organisations. But Finland's FM says it is important for both countries to join the alliance at the same time.

Added on the 30/01/2023 17:38:51 - Copyright : Euronews EN

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