Finland's President Sauli Niinistö (right) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speak before a roundtable meeting at a NATO summit in Spain’s capital Madrid on June 29, 2022. AP FILE PHOTO
Finland's President Sauli Niinistö (right) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speak before a roundtable meeting at a NATO summit in Spain's capital Madrid on June 29, 2022. AP FILE PHOTO
HELSINKI: Finland's leader said on Saturday he trusted that Finland and Sweden would be admitted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by July, and hinted that he wanted the United States to put pressure on Turkey to approve their membership bids.
