Sweden may decide to join military alliance after Finnish leaders say they support NATO bid May 16the Expressen newspaper reports on Thursday.
Citing relevant sources, the newspaper reported that the Swedish parliament will discuss the security situation on Monday and the prime minister Magdalena Anderson will then convene a special meeting to make the formal decision to apply to the Alliance.
The Swedish Foreign Minister If Linde He said that Finland’s views on the issue should be taken into account, as it is “Sweden’s closest partner in security and defense”.
Important message today from 🇫🇮 President @niinisto & PM @MarinSanna on @NATO membership. 🇫🇮 is 🇸🇪 closest security & defense partner, and we need to take 🇫🇮 assessments into account. 🇸🇪 will decide after the report from the security policy consultations has been presented.
– Ann Linde (@AnnLinde) May 12, 2022
“Sweden will decide after the report from the security policy consultation is presented,” he said on Twitter.
In a joint statement earlier, the President of Finland Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sana Marin announced their intention to for the country’s accession to NATO “Without delay”, defying Russia’s warning.
THE Moscow has explicitly warned against Finland’s accession and Sweden in NATO, and the leaders in both countries were largely opposed until February 24, when Russia launched its war against Ukraine.
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