"It appears to me that it would be a huge mistake to skip the chance of resuming this deal. At this stage, the resumption of the deal does not depend on Iran, or Russia, or China. The ones who destroyed it must now bring it back to life." , Lavrov said.

Turkey and Hungary are the only NATO members that are yet to ratify the accession of Finland and Sweden.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin clarified that his country is committed to the alliance's "open door" policy.

Sweden, Finland should end their support of terrorism if they want to join NATO, says Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

Britain is considering making a major NATO deployment as part of a plan to strengthen Europe's borders in response to Russia massing troops on the border with Ukraine, the government said on Saturday.