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Thomas O Falk

Will Turkey block Finland and Sweden from becoming NATO members?

Finland's ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Sweden's ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff attend a ceremony to mark Sweden and Finland's application for membership in Brussels, Belgium [File: Johanna Geron/Reuters]

Sweden and Finland began their NATO membership application processes earlier this month, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made it clear that he opposed the move.

Ankara is out of step with the rest of the alliance’s member states, which back NATO expansion as Russia’s war on Ukraine rages.

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