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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander

Sweden sets out benefits of NATO as membership bid looms

Sweden's Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist, Foreign Minister Ann Linde and and Sweden's security policy analysis group announce their report during a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden, May 13, 2022. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via REUTERS

Swedish membership in NATO would boost national security and help stabilise the Nordic and Baltic regions, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said on Friday, a day after neighbour Finland said it would seek to join the U.S.-led military alliance without delay.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced Sweden - and its closest military partner Finland - to publicly pick sides after remaining outside the Atlantic alliance since it was founded in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union in the Cold War.

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