Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) during his meeting with Finnish Ambassador to Iraq Anu Saarela, Jan. 4, 2024. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Ambassador of Finland to Iraq Anu Saarela in Erbil, Jan. 14, 2024. (Photo: KRG)
Polish, Swedish, Finnish, and NATO flags are set up prior to the signing ceremony of the law ratifying the NATO Protocol on Finland and Sweden’s membership in Gdynia, Poland, in July 22 (Photo: MATEUSZ SLODKOWSKI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)
Turkey's Permanent Representative to NATO Zeki Levant Gumrukcu, Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs James Cleverly, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom. (Photo: AFP)
Jens Stoltenberg, centre, with Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto, left, and Anne Linde, then Sweden’s foreign minister, at the launch of the countries’ bid to join Nato in July last year (Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images)