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Sweden, Finland NATO membership would increase Baltic security - Estonia

FILE PHOTO: Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets speaks during a news conference with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis (not pictured), in Riga, Latvia April 20, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

Sweden and Finland joining NATO would increase the security of the Baltic region, Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets said.

"When we see that in our neighbourhood also other democratic countries belong to NATO, it would mean that we could have broader joint exercises and also ... more defence cooperation," Liimets told Reuters in Berlin where she joined a meeting with other NATO counterparts on Saturday.

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