NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin.

The sides discussed the need to address Turkey's concerns and move forward on Finland and Sweden's NATO membership bid, the NATO Secretary General tweeted.

Stoltenberg also said he had a constructive phone call with Erdogan and called Turkey a valuable ally, praising Turkey's efforts "to strike a deal to ensure the safe transport of grain from Ukraine in the face of a global food shortage caused by Russia's invasion  Stoltenberg tweeted that he and Erdogan would continue their dialogue without giving details.