Finland and Sweden will soon become members of NATO. This confidence was expressed by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after a meeting at the State Department.

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Recall that Turkey is currently blocking the entry of both countries into the defense alliance.. Ankara suspended negotiations after protests in Stockholm, during which activists burned the Koran.

Later it was reported about a possible Russian trace in the actions that took place in the capital of Sweden.. The man who burned the Koran is likely to have links with the Russian special services.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on January 29 that Ankara could agree to Finland joining NATO earlier than Sweden joining amid tensions with Stockholm, but Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said that his country intends to join NATO along with. No separate entry planned..