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TexasTowelie

(111,983 posts) Thu Jun 30, 2022, 06:51 AM Jun 2022

Why Turkey Suddenly Approved Finland & Sweden Joining NATO - TLDR News

On Tuesday Turkey, Sweden & Finland signed an agreement which sees Turkey revoke their veto on their NATO membership. So in this video we run through what the 3 countries agreed to, and why President Erdogan suddenly changed his mind on the Nordic nations.

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Why Turkey Suddenly Approved Finland & Sweden Joining NATO - TLDR News (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2022 OP

I think a lot of old animosity that the Turkish people have against Russia had a lot to do with... Crowman2009 Jun 2022 #1

Kurds again gets the bad part . . . Lovie777 Jun 2022 #2

Crowman2009

(2,492 posts)

1. I think a lot of old animosity that the Turkish people have against Russia had a lot to do with...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 30, 2022, 07:33 AM

Jun 2022

...Erdogan no longer opposing Finland and Sweden's membership applications. It wasn't too long ago that they shot down a Russian fighter jet that crossed into their airspace.

Lovie777

(12,218 posts)

2. Kurds again gets the bad part . . .

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 30, 2022, 07:44 AM

Jun 2022

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