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ISTANBUL: Turkiye on Tuesday postponed Nato accession talks with Sweden and Finland, further denting the Nordic neighbours’ hopes of joining the Western defence alliance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A Turkish diplomatic source said the tri-party meeting has been pushed back from February to a “later date”, without providing further details. The decision further diminished the chances of the two …

BRUSSELS: Nato’s 30 allies signed an accession protocol for Finland and Sweden on Tuesday, allowing them to join the nuclear-armed alliance once parliaments ratify the decision, the most significant expansion of the alliance since the 1990s. The signing at Nato headquarters follows a deal with Turkey at last week’s Nato summit in Madrid, where Ankara lifted its veto on the …