The leaders of Turkey, Sweden and Finland signed a memorandum on the accession of the two Scandinavian states to NATO, removing the Turkish obstacle to the accession process. It is reported by SkyNews, citing a source..

“This is a trilateral accession agreement,” the source said..

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As a result of this meeting, our Foreign Ministers signed a Memorandum of Understanding between our countries confirming Turkey's support for the invitation of Finland and Sweden to join NATO at the Madrid Summit this week. Concrete steps for our accession to NATO will be agreed between NATO allies over the next two days, but now this decision is inevitable,"

He added that the memorandum emphasizes that Finland, Sweden and Turkey are "

" Now I look forward to fruitful discussions about Finland's role in NATO with our future allies here in Madrid,"

Sweden and Finland apply to join NATO in May. All 30 member countries must agree to the entry, but so far Turkey has threatened to veto.