Finland will now be formally admitted into NATO at its next summit in July in Lithuania. Earlier, Turkey had delayed Finland's bid to join the West's defensive alliance for months, complaining the ...

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 ...

Full unanimity is required to admit new members into the 30-member alliance, and Turkey and Hungary were the last two NATO members to ratify Finland’s accession. Sweden’s bid to join the ...

But, unlike its megaphone diplomacy during NATO’s Nordic expansion the past two years, when Turkey tabled a host of demands from Sweden and Finland, Ankara is keeping ... of mentioning the Dutch ...

The Turkish parliament voted Tuesday to approve Sweden’s NATO membership bid, bringing the ... into law unless the US approves the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. US Senate Foreign ...

Finland joined the alliance in April, becoming NATO’s 31st member, after Turkey’s parliament ratified the Nordic country’s bid. But Turkey held out on approving Sweden's bid, accusing the ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte is in Turkey, seeking support from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his bid for the seat of NATO secretary general.

Speaking just hours before meeting Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to discuss Sweden's bid to join the military alliance, Erdogan suggested if the EU wanted Sweden in NATO in, it should let Turkey ...

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) ...

Finland joined the alliance in April, becoming NATO’s 31st member, after Turkey’s parliament ratified the Nordic country’s bid. Hungary has also stalled Sweden’s bid, alleging that Swedish ...