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Nordics should consider joint air control in far north, Finnish parliament speaker says

Finnish Parliament Speaker Matti Vanhanen attends the annual debate session on foreign and security policy "Kultaranta Talks" at the Presidential Summer Residence Kultaranta in Naantali, Finland June 13, 2022. Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander via REUTERS

Finland, Sweden and Norway should consider organising their air defence control jointly in territories north of the Arctic Circle in coming years, the speaker of the Finnish parliament said on Monday.

If Finland and neighbouring Sweden's applications for membership in the Western military alliance NATO are successful, the Nordics could for the first time consider organising parts of their defence jointly with their common neighbour Norway which is already a NATO member.

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