Finland and Sweden pursue unlinked NATO membership

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Finland and Sweden pursue unlinked NATO membership
By Gerard O'Dwyer
Apr 14, 05:34 PM
This March 2, 2022, Swedish Air Force image show Russian fighter jets violating Swedish airspace east of the Swedish Baltic Sea island of Gotland. Sweden and neighbor Finland are contemplating NATO membership amid Russia's war against Ukraine. (Photo by Swedish Air Force/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

HELSINKI — Finland and Sweden have chosen to pursue separate tracks and speeds to advance their interests in joining NATO.

Finland had indicated it would prefer a solution that would see the two Nordic unaligned states “jump together” into NATO.

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