WASHINGTON — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that the world's most powerful military alliance reached a deal to admit Sweden and Finland after resolving the concerns of holdout Turkey.
The three countries' foreign ministers signed a memorandum to confirm that Turkey will back Sweden and Finland's NATO bids during a summit in Madrid this week, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said in a statement.
Last week, Stoltenberg told reporters that he was working to add Finland and Sweden to NATO "as soon as possible." He said it will "make them safer, NATO stronger and the Euro-Atlantic area more secure.".
approval of NATO bids — and the other 29 members to swiftly bring Sweden and Finland into the group. .
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