Finnish Minister of Defence Kaikkonen: Finland remains shoulder-to-shoulder with Sweden in Nato process

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According to Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen (Cen), Finland remains steadfastly alongside neighbour Sweden in the Nato application process.Turkey has been standing in the way of the two Nordic countries' Nato path, seeing Swedish membership in particular as a problem.On Tuesday, the director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Mika Aaltola, said in an interview with the daily Ilta-Sanomat that Finnish leaders should consider how Finland would react if Turkey decides to accept Finland as a Nato member, but not Sweden.Nuclear weapons unlikely to be based in FinlandAccording to Kaikkonen, defence officials are weighing various options regarding Nato's possible presence in Finland once the country joins the alliance.According to Kaikkonen, the Nato presence would have to be justified from the points of view of both the alliance and Finland."

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