{"id":95629,"date":"2023-03-31T08:40:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T08:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=95629"},"modified":"2023-03-31T08:40:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T08:40:49","slug":"turkish-parliament-ratifies-finlands-nato-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/95629\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Turkish parliament ratifies Finland&#8217;s NATO membership&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>Turkey\u2019s parliament ratified on Thursday Finland\u2019s application to join NATO, clearing the way of the Nordic country to become member of the Western military alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All 276 lawmakers present voted in favor of Finland\u2019s bid, days after Turkey&#8217;s and Hungary&#8217;s parliaments endorsed the accession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This will make the whole NATO family stronger &amp; safer,\u201d NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter in welcoming Turkey\u2019s action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finland and Sweden formally applied to join NATO in May 2022 prompted by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February but were met with huge rejection from Turkey and Hungary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey had rejected the two Nordic countries\u2019 bid for NATO membership under the pretext that they support the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK), the Democratic Union Part (PYD) and the People\u2019s Protection Units (YPG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full unanimity is required to admit new members into the 30-member alliance, and Turkey and Hungary were the last two NATO members to ratify Finland\u2019s accession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweden\u2019s bid to join the alliance, meanwhile, has been left hanging, with both Turkey and Hungary holding out on giving it the green light despite expressing support for NATO\u2019s expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reporting by John Ahmad<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 Turkey\u2019s parliament ratified on Thursday Finland\u2019s application to join NATO, clearing the way of the Nordic country to become member of the Western military alliance. 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