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Reuters
Reuters
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By Huseyin Hayatsever

Finland hopes for Turkish support for NATO bid soon, considers arms exports

Finland's Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen speaks during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

Finland's defence minister Antti Kaikkonen said the sooner Turkey ratifies its NATO membership bid the better and it would consider granting arms export permits to Turkey on a case by case basis.

In an interview with Reuters after meeting his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar in Ankara, Kaikkonen said he could not foresee a timetable for Turkey's ratification of his country's NATO membership application.

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