ANKARA: Turkey on Thursday (Friday in Manila) became the final NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) nation to ratify Finland's membership of the US-led defense alliance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Lawmakers unanimously backed the Nordic country's accession two weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly blessed the bid.

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