Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said for the first time on Sunday that Ankara could accept Finland into NATO without its Nordic neighbor Sweden.
Erdogan’s comments came during a televised meeting with young voters, days after Ankara suspended NATO accession talks with both countries.
Turkey and Hungary remain the only members of the 30-nation Western Defense Alliance that failed to ratify membership bids by Sweden and Finland. The Hungarian parliament is expected to approve both bids in February.