Finnish parliament on Wednesday ratified ascension treaties that will bring the Nordic country one step closer to NATO, pushed forward by the outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin's government.
The bill gathered almost unanimous support, with 184 votes in favor and only 7 against. While the move marks a milestone in Helsiki's efforts to become part of the Alliance, Turkey and Hungary will still have to greenlight Finlands' membership, as well as neighboring Sweden's which faces more obstacles from Ankara.
A trilateral meeting between Turkey, Sweden, and Finland is scheduled to take place in Brussels on March 9 in an effort to propel the talks forward, with Stockholm and Helsinki still hoping to join NATO in July.
