Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said on Sunday that he was 'astonished' that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested he might block Finland from joining NATO after Erdogan privately told him he would be fine with Finland joining the alliance.
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoganFinland's president suggested that Turkey has changed its views on the Nordic nation joining NATO.Niinistö said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan previously suggested he was fine with Finland joining.
"First, why I was astonished, because I had a telephone discussion with the president, Erdogan. That is about one month ago," Niinistö told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union." "And then he said that they will estimate, well, positively our aim to apply for membership. And now it changed."
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