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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Turkey threatens year’s delay to Swedish and Finnish entry to Nato

Akif Çağatay Kılıç speaking into microphone.
The Turkish MP Akif Çağatay Kılıç said Ankara deserved greater respect from Nato members. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Turkey has said it is willing to delay Swedish and Finnish membership of Nato for more than a year unless it receives satisfactory assurances that the two Nordic countries are willing to address support for Kurdish groups it regards as terrorist organisations.

Finland’s prime minister said on Tuesday that the two nations’ Nato applications could stall if the issue is not resolved before a vital Nato summit due to start in Madrid on 29 June.

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