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Turkish officials will discuss Ankara’s concerns regarding Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids at talks in Brussels on Sunday, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday. Sweden and Finland applied to join the US-led Western alliance last month, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Their applications have faced opposition from Turkey, which has been infuriated by what it calls Swedish and Finnish support for Kurdish militants and arms embargoes on Ankara. Last month, Turkey gave Finland and Sweden written demands to address its concerns, but Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that…