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Sauli Niinistö

June 28, 2022

Turkey yet to agree on Swedish, Finnish NATO bids

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has demonstrated no readiness to compromise on his country’s blocking of Sweden and Finland’s bids for membership of NATO.


ERDOGAN, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson
May 17, 2022

Finland’s parliament approves NATO membership application

A total of 188 lawmakers voted in favour and eight against the proposal to join NATO.

NATO
May 16, 2022

Finland, Sweden joining NATO ‘grave mistake’: Putin

The admission of Finland and Sweden to NATO will be a grave mistake with far-reaching consequences, says Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

Sauli Niinistö and Vladimir Putin