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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley, Europe correspondent, and Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul

Erdoğan: Turkey ‘not positive’ about Sweden and Finland joining Nato

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with journalists
Erdoğan spoke to journalists after Friday prayers in Istanbul on Friday. Photograph: Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Reuters

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has cast doubt on Finnish and Swedish membership of Nato, saying he does not have a positive opinion of the two Nordic nations joining the military alliance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

His remarks came as a Swedish parliamentary security review said membership would reduce the risk of conflict in northern Europe and a day after neighbouring Finland said it aimed to join the alliance.

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