Finland may consider joining NATO without Sweden
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said in an interview with Yle (Finland's national public broadcasting company) published on Tuesday that his country may seek to join NATO without Sweden if Stockholm's bid is take more time to be approved.
Haavisto criticized protesters in Sweden who recently burned a copy of the Quran, saying they were "playing with the security of Finland and Sweden" and deliberately provoking Turkey not to approve the Nordic countries joining the alliance.
He added that he does not expect Ankara to ratify the proposal for Sweden and Finland to join NATO at least until Turkey's elections in May.
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