On April 13, the Finnish government submitted a report on changes in its security environment to Congress, listing the benefits and risks of joining NATO, taking the first step for Finland to apply for NATO membership before the NATO summit in June this year.
The move would more than double the length of NATO countries' land borders with Russia, exacerbating a dangerous situation for NATO directly facing Russia.
On the same day, in Stockholm, the Swedish capital, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who was on the same stage with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson to meet reporters, said that Finland would be "in weeks, not months". The decision was made, saying that the Russian advance "changed everything".
Compared with Marin's statement in January that it was "very unlikely" that Finland would join NATO during his tenure, it was like a lifetime.
On April 13, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson (left) and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin met in Stockholm on the issue of joining NATO.
(Associated Press)
Sweden, which has always been geopolitically linked with Finland, is also on the verge of giving up its historic neutrality.
Compared with Finland, which has a 1,340-kilometer land border with Russia, Sweden does not have a border with Russia, nor does it have a long history of being influenced by Soviet Russia in national politics during the Cold War era.
However, an April poll in Sweden has shown that 51% of respondents support joining NATO
The delegation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Finnish Parliament met with the Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Swedish Parliament on the 21st. After the meeting, Erkki Tuomioja, a member of the Finnish Parliament, said in an interview with the Swedish Evening News that "most members of the Finnish Parliament support joining NATO." He also pointed out, "I hope that It would be very unfortunate to see Sweden and Finland making the same decisions at the same time, if the decisions of the two countries are not synchronized."
On the other hand, the Kremlin has said earlier that Finland and Sweden joining NATO will not bring stability to Europe, and that the two countries will actually join, which will lead to "consequences"...
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