Report: Sweden, Finland apply to NATO
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April 25, 2022
STOCKHOLM – Two newspapers – one Swedish, the other Finnish – report that the governments of Sweden and Finland have agreed to submit NATO applications at the same time and that this will take place in the middle of next month.
The Finnish newspaper Iltalehti said that the Swedish government has expressed a wish to Finland that they apply together during the week beginning May 22, and Swedish government sources confirmed the information to Sweden’s tabloid Expressen.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to growing support in Sweden and Finland, a Russian neighbor, to join NATO.
Even though they are not members, the two Nordic countries work closely with NATO, which means that, among other things, the Alliance’s troops can practice on their soil. Helsinki and Stockholm have also greatly intensified their bilateral defense cooperation in recent years.
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