The vote follows months of stalling that saw Turkey demand certain concessions from Finland and its neighbor Sweden.
NATO condemned Russia’s “dangerous and irresponsible” nuclear rhetoric Sunday after President Vladimir Putin shared plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said China is closely watching Russia’s success in Ukraine, with the war’s outcome likely to have major reverberations in Asia-Pacific.
Sweden and Finland have worked to try and improve their relations with Turkey, but recent events have thrown fresh wrenches into any hopes for progress.
Russia continues to pound Ukraine’s energy infrastructure too with devastating consequences for civilians.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskky, says he had “no doubt” that Ukraine was not to blame for a missile strike that hit a Polish village Tuesday evening.