The Turkish parliament has ratified Finland’s membership in the NATO alliance after it split its joint application from that of Sweden
Jared MalsinISTANBUL—The Turkish parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s entrance into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, removing the last obstacle to a historic expansion of the alliance in response toFinland’s inclusion would add more than 800 miles to NATO’s border with Russia
and bring to the alliance one of Europe’s best-defended and best-armed countries. Finland ended its decades-old policy of managing its contentious relationship with Russia in reaction to the assault on Ukraine, which heightened the perceived risk of Russian threats to broader European security.
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