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Finland and Sweden will submit their application for NATO on Wednesday, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said during a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö in Stockholm.
“Democracy has won,” President Niinistö said at the beginning of his speech.
“This whole spring has been a triumph for democracy in Finland,” he added, referring to the overwhelming support Finland’s application for NATO received in parliament today and the support of the Finnish people.
“Sweden also expects to cooperate with Turkey within NATO,” Andersson said.
Her comment was based on the Turkish president’s earlier statement on Monday that he would not approve Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership in connection with sanctions against Turkey, and further accused both countries of harboring Kurdish “terrorist organizations”.
“We look forward to having a bilateral dialogue with Turkey and we will certainly have a bilateral dialogue with other NATO members during this process. And once we are in NATO, I see an opportunity to further evolve our bilateral relations“, Said Andersson during the joint press conference.
Finland’s Niinistö said he also remained “optimistic” about future talks with Turkey and that dialogue “would solve the problem”.
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