(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission approved a
bill ratifying Finland's bid to join NATO, state broadcaster TRT
Haber reported on Thursday, effectively taking Helsinki another
step toward membership of the trans-Atlantic pact, trend reports citing reuters .
Parliament's general assembly still needs to approve the bill
and is expected to do so before it closes in mid-April, ahead of
parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14.
President Tayyip Erdogan said last week during a visit by his
Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto to Turkey that parliament would
ratify Helsinki's accession to NATO.
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