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Turkey told: Ratify NATO bids of Finland, Sweden
By Agence France-Presse
Feb 17, 2023 1:45 am

ANKARA: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told Turkey on Thursday it was time to finally ratify Sweden and Finland's bids to join the Western defense alliance.

Stoltenberg arrived in Ankara 10 days after Turkey was hit by a massive earthquake that has claimed nearly 40,000 lives across the country's southeast and parts of Syria.

ALLIES IN ANKARA Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (left) greets North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in the capital Ankara on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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