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Gives us leveraged about how these negotiations will go. if i were vladimir putin i would not be happy about what happened vilnius this week. fix, happened vilnius this week. a couple of new members of course, finland being the newest member of the bloc and now sweden having its membership cleared, what is the significance of this expansion into those nordic countries for nato? it into those nordic countries for nato? , , , .., nato? it is very significant in two ways- — nato? it is very sign...

Finland has moved a step closer to becoming a NATO member after Turkey's parliament ratified its accession to the alliance.

Helsinki asked to join the organisation last year following Russias invasion of Ukraine.

NATO chief Stoltenberg is urging Turkey and Hungary to urgently ratify accession, since NATO requires unanimous approval from its 30 existing members.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the "time is now" for Turkey to ratify applications by Finland and Sweden to join the defence alliance. Turkey is widely seen as the main hold-up, with President Tayyip Erdogan indicating his country could ratify Finland's application while not going ahead with Sweden's.

The Biden administration on Tuesday reiterated its support for both Finland and Sweden joining NATO at the earliest opportunity, after Helsinki said a pause was needed in trilateral talks with Turkey.

North Korean authorities have accused Japan, South Korea, and the United States of teaming up to create what they called "Asian NATO" in a planned trilateral summit following the NATO annual summit. The remarks come as Pyongyan has conducted a record number of missile tests this year.

NATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Finland was ready to address Turkey's security concers amid the latter's opposition to Finland and Sweden joining the Western military alliance. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the two Nordic countries of allowing terrorists in their territories.

Finland and Sweden joining NATO would put Russia in a difficult military position in the Baltic Sea, top U.S. General Mark Milley said on Saturday during a visit to Stockholm ahead of a military exercise.