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Erdogan dampens Finland, Sweden’s hope to join NATO

Turkey is pumping the brakes on Finland and Sweden’s NATO bids amid the growing confrontation between Russia and the West.
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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dampened Finland and Sweden’s bid to join NATO, saying that Ankara is not eager to see the two Nordic countries’ accession to the transatlantic alliance. 

“We are currently following the developments about Sweden and Finland, but we are not holding a favorable approach,” Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul on Friday.

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