France's top diplomat said Thursday that she hoped the NATO applications of Sweden and Finland would be 'ratified quickly' as the Turkish parliament was expected to vote soon on whether Finland should join the 30-member alliance.
France's top diplomat said Thursday that she hoped the NATO applications of Sweden and Finland would be "ratified quickly," as the Turkish parliament was expected to vote soon on whether Finland should join the 30-member alliance.
On Monday, Hungarian lawmakers ratified Finland's request to join NATO. However, the approval of Sweden's bid has stalled because of opposition from Turkiye and Hungary. Members of Hungary's governing party said they would wait for the government in Stockholm to clear up lingering disagreements before scheduling a vote in parliament. The government in Budapest alleges that some Swedish politicians have made derisive statements about the condition of Hungary's democracy and played an active role in ensuring that billions in European Union funds were frozen over alleged rule-of-law and democracy violations.
In Vilnius, Colonna said that Russia should reconsider a recently announced plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which has close military ties with Russia and was a staging ground for Moscow's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine last year.
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