Finland will officially become a member of NATO on Tuesday, senior officials have said, after Turkey approved its bid to join the military alliance.
The nordic country applied to join the military alliance amid security concerns following the last year's invasion of Ukraine by Russia, which it shares a land border with.
Turkey, which was the last NATO member to ratify Finland's membership, had previously held out from supporting Finland's membership over concerns about Kurdish terrorist activity in the country.
The nordic country applied to join the military alliance amid security concerns following the last year's invasion of Ukraine by Russia, which it shares a land border with.However, Ankara continues to block the approval of Sweden's membership, claiming Stockholm hasn't yet sufficiently clamped down on similar groups.
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