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Finland to Make Decision on NATO Membership in Coming Weeks

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin addresses a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured) before talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 16, 2022. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin addresses a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured) before talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 16, 2022. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS
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Finland to Make Decision on NATO Membership in Coming Weeks

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin addresses a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured) before talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 16, 2022. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin addresses a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured) before talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 16, 2022. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS

Finland will make a decision about whether to apply to join the 30-member NATO alliance in the next few weeks, Prime Minister Sanna Marin told reporters in Stockholm on Wednesday.

"There are different perspectives to apply (for) NATO membership or not to apply and we have to analyze these very carefully," Marin told reporters in a joint news conference with her Swedish counterpart.

"But I think our process will be quite fast, it will happen in weeks," he added, Reuters reported.

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Zelenskiy Says Ukraine's Membership of NATO is 'Achievable'

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks as he attends a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks as he attends a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
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Zelenskiy Says Ukraine's Membership of NATO is 'Achievable'

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks as he attends a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks as he attends a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

Ukraine's membership of NATO is "achievable", but Kyiv will have to fight to persuade allies to make it happen, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Ukrainian diplomats in a speech on Sunday.
Ukraine has repeatedly urged NATO to invite Kyiv to become a member. The Western military alliance has said Ukraine will join its ranks one day but has not set a date or issued an invitation.
Moscow has cited the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO as one of the principal justifications for its 2022 invasion. Kyiv says membership in the Western alliance's mutual defense pact, or an equivalent form of security guarantee, would be crucial to any peace plan to ensure that Russia does not attack again.
"We all understand that Ukraine's invitation to NATO and membership in the alliance can only be a political decision," Zelenskiy told diplomats at a gathering in Kyiv. "Alliance for Ukraine is achievable, but it is achievable only if we fight for this decision at all the necessary levels."
Zelenskiy said allies needed to know what Ukraine can bring to NATO and how its membership in the alliance would stabilize global relations, Reuters reported.
Last week, Zelenskiy urged European countries to provide guarantees to protect Ukraine after the war with Russia ends and said Ukraine would ultimately need more protection through membership of the alliance.