US says it’s time for Finland, Sweden to join NATO

US says it’s time for Finland, Sweden to join NATO

The Biden administration said Thursday it’s time for Turkey to ratify Finland and Sweden’s applications to join NATO, bluntly saying that holdout members of the alliance should quickly approve their memberships…The State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken had affirmed resolute support for Finland and Sweden in phone calls with their foreign ministers and said the U.S. places great importance on “remaining allies quickly ratifying their accession.”

 

US says it’s time for Finland, Sweden to join NATO