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Swedish PM rejects opposition calls to consider joining NATO

FILE PHOTO: Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson speaks during a news conference regarding the security situation in Europe, at Rosenbad in Stockholm, Sweden, February 27, 2022. TT News Agency/Jessica Gow/via REUTERS

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Tuesday rejected opposition calls to consider joining NATO following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying an application now would destabilize security in Europe.

Sweden has not been in a war since 1814 and has built its foreign policy on non-participation in military alliances, but it has forged ever closer ties to NATO in recent years as tensions with Russia in the Baltic region have risen.

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