Turkey blocks start of NATO talks on Finland’s and Sweden’s applications
Posted on AllSides May 18th, 2022
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Turkey blocked the start of Finland and Sweden’s accession talks to NATO on Wednesday shortly after the Nordic nations submitted their formal applications, a signal of what could be a bumpy process to expand the alliance and reshape Europe’s post-Cold War security architecture.
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