Officials from Türkiye, Finland and Sweden agreed on Friday to keep meeting in the coming months to discuss security concerns that Türkiye raised as a precondition for allowing the two Nordic countries to join the NATO military alliance.

Officials from the three countries held their first such meeting on Friday in the southern Finnish city of Vantaa. 

Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said the meeting aimed to establish contacts and set goals for cooperation that the countries agreed to by signing a trilateral memorandum of understanding to address security concerns raised by Türkiye, and lift Türkiye's veto on Finland's and Sweden's membership of NATO.

(With input from Reuters)