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Finland and Sweden will need Ankara's support to join NATO
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Turkish colleague on Wednesday in New York, in a new attempt to get clarity on Ankara's position after its opposition to Finland and Sweden's joining NATO.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said that neither nation should bother sending delegates to Ankara to attempt to persuade Ankara to support their membership applications.
Finland and Sweden will need Ankara's support to join North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as membership bids must be unanimously accepted by the alliance's 30 members.
"It is not for us to speak for the Turkish government," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a press briefing on Tuesday in answer to queries about Turkey's position and if Ankara is asking anything from the US in exchange for Finland and Sweden joining the EU.
Meanwhile, Finland and Sweden on Wednesday applied to join the world's largest military alliance, NATO, citing security concerns over Russia's conflict in Ukraine.
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