Ankara had previously blocked the Nordic countries from joining the alliance over concerns about arms exports and terrorism
A last minute agreement has been reached between Turkey, Finland and Sweden to allow the two Nordic countries to become Nato members on the eve of the military alliance’s summit in Madrid.
Nato said a trilateral deal had been reached at a meeting between Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president Sauli Niinistö of Finland and Swedish prime minister Magdalena Andersson in the Spanish capital.
