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Finland urges Turkey, Hungary to swiftly approve Swedish, Finnish NATO bids

Premier of Aland Veronica Thornroos, Prime Minister of Iceland Katrin Jakobsdottir, Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Stoere, Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin and Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson attend a news conference after the meeting of prime ministers and heads of government during The 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council in Helsinki, Finland November 1, 2022. Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen/via REUTERS

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Tuesday urged Hungary and Turkey to swiftly approve the Swedish and Finnish applications for membership of the NATO defence alliance.

Hungary and Turkey are the only two remaining NATO members to not yet have ratified the applications.

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