AN independent Scotland would follow in the footsteps of Sweden by joining Nato while rejecting being a permanent site for nuclear weapons, the SNP have said.
Sweden is set to join the military alliance next month but Pal Johnson, the country’s defence minister, has ruled out permanent bases including deployment of the alliance’s nuclear arsenal.
Anti-independence campaigners have said the SNP’s opposition to Trident could stand in the way of Scotland joining Nato but the party will be reassured by the position Sweden has taken.
