Turkey ready to back Sweden, Finland NATO bids
By DW
29 June 2022 |
1:18 pm
Finnish President Niinisto says Turkey has agreed to support Finland and Sweden joining the NATO military alliance. Turkey says it "got what it wanted" after weeks of threatening to veto accession.
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