Finland, Sweden committed to joining NATO together, says PM

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Finland, Sweden committed to joining NATO together, says PM

STORY: Finland, Sweden committed to joining NATO together, says PM DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Finland remains determined to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) together with Sweden, visiting Prime Minister Sanna Marin said when she met her Swedish counterpart here on Thursday. They also discussed Sweden's current Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) and the security situation. "Last spring, we started our common path to join NATO. This journey must be made hand in hand and in common accord, just like we started it," Marin said in a joint press conference with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Marin's remark came three days after Türkiye's foreign minister said that his country could evaluate Finland's NATO bid separately from Sweden's to distinguish "between a problematic country and a less problematic one." The issue became no less topical after Finnish news

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