The Turkish Parliament has approved a bill to ratify the protocol on Finland’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

This came during a vote conducted last night in the Turkish Parliament.

On the 17th of this month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Ankara’s approval of Finland’s membership in NATO.

Erdogan said, “We decided that our Parliament should start the process of approving Finland’s accession protocol to NATO, based on interest in dispelling our security concerns.”

On the 23rd of the same month, the Foreign Relations Committee in the Turkish parliament approved the bill for Finland’s membership in NATO.

On June 28, 2022, Turkey, Sweden and Finland signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding regarding the accession of the latter two countries to NATO, after they pledged to respond to Ankara’s demands regarding cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

Turkey calls on Sweden to cooperate and take concrete steps in the matter of handing over wanted terrorists to Ankara, instead of being satisfied with “sweet talk”, according to a statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu last December.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency