Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen believes that the country will join the North Atlantic Alliance in July 2023, when the NATO summit will be held in Vilnius. It is reported by Yle.

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Kaikkonen recalled that Finnish companies are competitive, but the international arms market is very competitive.

As an example of success, he cites Patria, which achieved significant new deals after difficult years..

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Hungary and Turkey have not yet ratified the application of Finland and Sweden to join NATO. Budapest promises to do it in January, while Ankara has not set a time frame and is demanding a number of concessions.

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Recall that earlier Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Stockholm and Helsinki do not fulfill the obligations stipulated by the agreements of the three countries on resolving the issue of Sweden and Finland joining NATO..