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NATO faces its biggest challenge since WWII, says Secretary General Stoltenberg

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, and Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson attend talks in Madrid concerning the admission of Sweden and Finland into NATO on June 28, 2022. © Murat Cetin Muhurdar, AFP

NATO leaders were set on Wednesday to invite Finland and Sweden to join after Turkey dropped its objections to their membership. The alliance looked to revamp its defences at a summit dominated by the war in Ukraine. 

NATO leaders were sitting down Wednesday to try to turn an urgent sense of purpose triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into action — and to patch up any cracks in their unity over money and mission.

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