U.S. reiterates help for Finland, Sweden becoming a member of NATO amid troubled talks with Turkey

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Tuesday reiterated that it helps Finland and Sweden becoming a member of NATO on the earliest alternative, after Finland mentioned a pause was wanted in trilateral talks with Turkey on Finland and Sweden’s software to hitch the army alliance.

State Division spokesperson Ned Worth mentioned at a press briefing that he wouldn’t entertain the query of Finland’s attainable accession with out Sweden after Turkey’s president mentioned Sweden shouldn’t anticipate his nation’s help. (Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis)