Marin: Important for Finland, Sweden to join Nato together

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Finland has no influence over the pace at which Nato countries ratify membership applications, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) told reporters in Prague on Friday.Of course, we will always emphasise how important it is to us that Finland and Sweden go hand in hand in becoming members of Nato," Marin said.We're continuing discussions and waiting for Turkey to ratify Finland's Nato application," Marin said on Thursday after the bilateral meeting, adding that she expects Turkey will ratify Finland's Nato application as soon as possible.Turkey has previously said it is opposed to Finland and Sweden joining the alliance due to concerns about the "harbouring of terrorists", but Erdoğan's latest comments suggest his country will not stand in the way of Finland's membership.Marin went to Prague to attend Thursday's inaugural meeting of the European Political Community — a group of 44 nations facilitated by the EU but also includes 17 non-EU countries — and an EU summit on Friday."

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