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Not stuck in neutral: Sweden, Finland and NATO

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Sweden, Finland and Russia's Reaction to NATO?

Within sweden, the concensus is clear at this stage, and they're definitely going to go ahead and apply tat some point during the week. Within nado, the story is more complicated. The president of turkey, reji taip erdan, decided on friday to come out in opposition to sweden and finland joining nado. He complains that both countries do too little to go after members of the kurdish nationalist group the pk k who live in their countries. And he wants them to provide clear security guarantees and a lift export bands on arms before he's going to back membership.

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