CNN
April 9, 2022

Finland and Sweden could soon join NATO, prompted by Russian war in Ukraine

Finland and Sweden could soon join NATO, moves that would likely infuriate Moscow….

NATO officials told CNN that discussions about Sweden and Finland joining the bloc have gotten extremely serious since Russia’s invasion, and US senior State Department officials said the matter came up at this week’s NATO foreign ministerial, which was attended by the foreign ministers from Stockholm and Helsinki.

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[O]ne former Finnish Prime Minister [told] CNN the move to join “was pretty much a done deal on the 24th of February, when Russia invaded.”

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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Friday that her country’s Parliament is set to discuss possible NATO membership “within the coming weeks,” adding that she hopes these discussions will wrap up “before midsummer.”