Turkey has signed a memorandum of understanding lifting Ankara's blocking of Sweden's and Finland's candidacy for NATO, the Finnish presidency announced on Tuesday 28 June.
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This agreement signed in front of the cameras by the heads of diplomacy of the three countries at the start of the Atlantic Alliance summit in Madrid "
confirms that Turkey will, at the summit this week, support the invitation of Finland and Sweden to join NATO
," Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said in a statement.
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For its part, Turkey has obtained "
full cooperation
" from Finland and Sweden against the PKK and its allies, the country's presidency announced.