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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12981
NATO SUMMIT / Otan

Agreement with Turkey on the accession of Finland and Sweden to the Alliance

28/06/2022 (Agence Europe)An agreement has been reached between Turkey, Finland and Sweden on Tuesday 28 June in Madrid at the opening of the NATO summit, which opens the way for the two Nordic countries to join NATO. “We now have an agreement”, reacted Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, praising via Twitter the “constructive spirit” of the leaders of the three countries “that made this historic decision possible”. In a statement, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said that, in a Memorandum of Understanding, the three countries commit each other to providing full support in the fight against threats to each other's security, such as terrorism. Cooperation will take place on counter-terrorism, arms exports and the extradition of persons. (MB)

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