Hungary's National Assembly (parliament) has approved Finland's NATO membership bid, said the chairman of the session, which was broadcast on the Assembly's website, TASS reported. As many as 182 out of 199 Hungarian lawmakers cast their votes in favour of Finland's NATO membership, with
"We encourage Turkey to quickly ratify Sweden's accession protocols as well. In addition, we urge Hungary to conclude its ratification process for both Finland and Sweden without delay," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.
Poland President Andrzej Duda said that almost a dozen aircraft that Poland had inherited from the former German Democratic Republic would be handed over in the upcoming days after being serviced.
The incident comes just days after tensions heightened between Russia and NATO amid the Kremlin's war on Ukraine after a Russian missile came close to entering NATO member Romania's airspace.
Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections were scheduled to be held on June 18 but President Erdogan previously signalled that the vote could be brought forward.
On Tuesday, media reports emerged of two Russian missiles possibly landing within Polish territory near the border with Ukraine. Top NATO and US officials have said they are looking into reports of Russian missiles falling within the territory of the NATO member.
Two rockets fell in the populated area of Przewodow in the Lublin Voivodeship on the border with Ukraine, the broadcaster said citing unofficial sources.
Nicosia [Cyprus] October 3 (ANI): Once again, the mercurial President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has renewed his threats to Sweden and Finland that he would block their efforts to join the NATO alliance if they do not keep their promises they allegedly made to Ankara and has increased e
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed the US ratification of bids by Finland and Sweden to enter the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), taking one step closer in response to Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.
Washington DC [US], August 4 (ANI): Amid threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin that Sweden and Finland would face unspecified retaliation should they join NATO, US Senate on Wednesday (local time) approved the applications of both countries to join the alliance.
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 13 (ANI): Ukraine has become an associate member of the Multilateral Interoperability Program (MIP), which takes care of the technical cooperation of the armies of NATO member states, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Tuesday.