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Turkey’s parliament ratifies Finland’s membership in NATO

All 276 lawmakers present voted unanimously in favor of Finland’s bid, days after Hungary’s parliament also endorsed Helsinki’s accession

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Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto signs Finland’s national NATO legislation in Helsinki, Finland Thursday. Pic/AP

Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto signs Finland’s national NATO legislation in Helsinki, Finland Thursday. Pic/AP

Turkey’s parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance. All 276 lawmakers present voted unanimously in favor of Finland’s bid, days after Hungary’s parliament also endorsed Helsinki’s accession.

Alarmed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Finland and Sweden abandoned their decades-long policy of nonalignment and applied to join the alliance. Full unanimity is required to admit new members into the 30-member alliance and Turkey and Hungary were the last two NATO members to ratify Finland’s accession.

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