Nordic PMs: Keep calm, we still plan to join NATO together
1 year, 10 months ago

Nordic PMs: Keep calm, we still plan to join NATO together

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I think it’s very important that we send today a clear message: Finland and Sweden applied together, and it’s in everybody’s interest that we will join together in NATO," Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said. “And both countries are filling all the boxes when it comes to NATO membership.” Marin and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson discussed their pending NATO bid during a joint news conference in Stockholm on Thursday. Erdogan said Wednesday that Turkey won’t allow Sweden to join NATO as long as the country permits protests desecrating Islam’s holy book to take place. A poll published Thursday in Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat asked respondents if they thought Finland should join NATO even if took Sweden longer or if the country should wait for their joint accession.

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